XPENG Motors
Tech Lead — XPENG Robotics Xplore Lab
$244K–$413K
Santa Clara, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
Mountain View, California, United States
About the job
Own a robotics research direction, leading a team from technical roadmap and experiments through prototypes and real-world validation.
What you'll do
- Lead a small interdisciplinary team on robotics research and define technical roadmaps, experiments, and evaluation standards.
- Drive work across AI algorithms, simulation, robot systems, and real-world testing.
- Incubate promising technologies into future robotics capabilities.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in a relevant robotics, AI, or intelligent-systems domain.
- Strong record in robotics research or engineering.
- Experience leading technical projects or mentoring teams.
- Comfortable working hands-on in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
Pay
$244,140-$413,160 USD base salary
Tools
AI, simulation, robot systems, ML
AI focus
Robotics research spanning AI algorithms, physical agents, dexterous manipulation, and whole-body intelligence.
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