Technical Lead Manager- Stretch Truck Unloading

• High-Level Autonomy: Design and maintain high-level task planning and decision-making for unloading trailers
• Build robust sequencing that allows the robot to pick from varied environments and freight configurations, and autonomously recover from common faults
• Warehouse and workflow integration: Define interfaces and interactions with external systems like conveyors, safety systems, downstream sorters
• Champion a smooth and flexible deployment and install process
• Obsess over KPI’s: Define, refine, and track the metrics that matter, use data to prioritize the engineering backlog
• Constantly look for opportunities to reduce cycle times and interventions
• Work closely with the Customer Success and Field Applications teams to triage site-specific issues
• Work closely with product management to translate field data and customer feedback into concrete technical requirements for the robotics and platform teams
• Manage a team of 5–8 engineers, providing career coaching, performance management, and technical mentorship
• Ensure the team's success by removing roadblocks, defining concrete milestones, clarifying requirements, establishing processes and tools, and building a collaborative working environment

• 5+ years of experience developing software in a professional environment
• 3+ years of experience in a Technical Lead or Managerial role
• Strong proficiency in C++ within a Linux environment
• Familiarity with robotics middleware frameworks (e.g. ROS) and real-time operating systems
• Technical expertise in Robotic manipulation, behavior and task planning abstractions (behavior trees, FSMs, etc)
• Demonstrated track record of taking a product from early-stage to at-scale commercial deployment, especially in warehouse automation or logistics
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field

Experience with safety-critical systems and relevant standards

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)
• paid time off
• annual bonus structure