Senior Engineering Manager, Robotics and Humanoid Research

Set Research Vision and Strategy

Define and execute the robotics AI research roadmap in alignment with FieldAI’s mission and product goals.

Identify emerging research directions, tools, and techniques across robotics, embodied AI, and machine learning.

Establish clear technical goals, milestones, and success metrics tied to real-world robot performance.

Lead and Grow Research Teams

Recruit, mentor, and manage a multidisciplinary team of research scientists and engineers.

Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews, experiment reviews, and close collaboration on challenging problems.

Own performance management, professional development, and career progression within the team.

Drive End-to-End Research and Deployment

Lead projects from problem definition through algorithm design, simulation, on-robot testing, and field deployment.

Ensure research outputs translate into robust, scalable, and safe systems on physical robots.

Champion experimental rigor, including benchmarking, ablations, reproducibility, and failure analysis.

Partner Across the Organization

Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to integrate research into production systems.

Communicate technical progress, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.

Represent Field AI externally through publications, conferences, collaborations, and recruiting.

Ensure Operational Excellence

Build and maintain processes for experiment management, evaluation, and reproducibility.

Manage resources, timelines, and priorities to deliver high-quality results efficiently.

Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and rapid iteration.