Site Robotics Lead (AI)

Location: Schaftenau, Austria; relocation support is available only for candidates relocating within Europe.

Salary: €79,951–€140,500 per year. The statutory minimum salary is €78,383.90 per year for full-time employment.

Company

hirify.global is a medicines company focused on reimagining medicine to improve and extend patients’ lives.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the site robotics strategy, roadmap, governance, standards, and performance monitoring.
• Lead robotics programs from opportunity assessment and business case development through implementation, deployment, and value realization.
• Own the lifecycle of robotics solutions, including operations, maintenance, optimization, upgrades, and replacement planning.
• Evaluate and deploy AMRs, AGVs, material handling robots, service robots, AI-enabled robotics, and emerging Physical AI solutions.
• Partner with manufacturing, laboratories, warehousing, engineering, quality, IT/OT, global robotics experts, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Ensure GMP, validation, qualification, safety, cybersecurity, inspection-readiness, and operational excellence requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related technical discipline.
• 10–15 years of total experience, including a minimum of 5 years of demonstrated robotics experience with hands-on implementation and deployment of industrial robotics solutions.
• Expertise in robotics technologies such as AMRs, AGVs, automated material handling systems, robotics automation, and vision-guided systems.
• Experience leading robotics or automation programs and projects from concept through implementation and operational support.
• Strong leadership experience with cross-functional teams, small teams, or matrix organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills with global and local business partners.
• Fluent German and English, spoken and written.
• Strong understanding of industrial operations, safety, maintenance, and continuous improvement practices.

Nice to have

• Exposure to GMP and pharmaceutical environments.
• Experience with AI-enabled robotics.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment with diverse teams representative of patients and communities.
• Market-competitive base salary and an attractive incentive program.
• Modern company pension scheme and childcare facilities.
• Learning and development opportunities and worldwide career possibilities within hirify.global.
• Reasonable accommodation and accessibility support are available during the recruitment process.

Hiring process

• Candidates must apply only if the Schaftenau location and Europe-based relocation requirement are feasible.
• Applicants requiring recruitment adjustments should contact the designated accessibility support representative and describe the request and contact information.