Raydar
Head of Robotics Engineering
$200K–$350K
Fremont, California · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of robotics engineering experience, or 5+ years with a PhD, spanning firmware, controls, and embedded systems.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Robotics, EE, ME, CS, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa transfers, including OPT and H-1B transfers, may be considered.
About the job
Leads the robotics software and firmware organization, owning technical architecture and hands-on engineering across the robotics stack while growing the team.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow engineers across firmware, controls, planning, and teleoperation while writing and reviewing production code.
- Own architecture for real-time control loops, sensor and actuator interfaces, safety systems, and onboard compute.
- Scale the engineering organization from 5–10 engineers to roughly 15.
What they ask for
- Current or recent experience at a US robotics company shipping complex robots.
- Led at least five engineers.
- Expertise in RTOS, C/C++, ROS, real-time controls, manipulation, teleoperation, and robotics data pipelines.
- MS or PhD in Robotics, EE, ME, CS, or a related field.
Pay
$200K-$350K base salary (USD)
Tools
RTOS, C/C++, ROS
AI focus
Works on a physical AI platform combining robotic hardware with a universal operating system.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative