Engineering Manager – Robot Intelligence

We are now looking for an ambitious Engineering Manager - Robot Intelligence (m/f/d) to help us establish RobCo as a leading provider of autonomous automation solutions.

In this key role, you will lead the “brain” of our autonomous robots - the physical AI harness that works with different models and skills. Managing a full-stack team of software and machine learning engineers, you will balance applied research with business value delivery on a daily basis.

Your mission is to translate the latest advancements in physical AI foundation models and complex robotic functionality into a stable, scalable product that thrives in real-world factory environments.

Your Responsibilities:

• Drive Engineering Excellence: Set rigorous standards for code quality, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure 24/7 reliability of our robots.

• Lead Senior Talent: Act as a people-first leader for a team of Senior and Staff engineers, fostering a culture of high ownership and steady delivery.

• Bridge Software and Hardware: Oversee the lifecycle of products spanning from ML training, AI inference to Linux-based industrial interfaces.

• Balance Research and Delivery: Establish a strong applied research and experimentation culture, and build a process where the results directly contribute to delivery and practical outcomes.

• Management Framework: Work with real-time metrics and steer the team to continuously improve productivity, predictability and quality of what we ship.

• Operational Governance: Manage technical debt and architectural health to ensure long-term system stability as we scale.

• Strategic Alignment: Partner with Product Management to transform customer needs into concrete technical requirements and actionable sprints.

• Cross-Team Leadership: Mentor junior EMs and help evolve company-wide engineering best practices and software-first principles.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Completed a university degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Data Science or a related field.

• 3+ years of experience leading high-performing teams in complex technical environments like robotics or industrial IoT.

• Deep experience with AI and machine learning, including dataset curation, model training and optimization techniques and hands on experience building agentic harnesses.

• Proven track record of driving an AI-first engineering culture and implementing agentic workflows that measurably accelerate team velocity and system efficiency.

• Expert knowledge in modern SDLC practices, with a track record of improving deployment frequency and system stability.

• Culture-aligned mindset characterized by hardware empathy, a passion for software-defined hardware, and a strong culture of high ownership.

• Strong experience with full-stack software development, robotics engineering is a big plus.

• Very good English skills with the ability to navigate complex architectural discussions with Staff engineers while clearly communicating risks to stakeholders.

Why join RobCo?

• Develop modular, software-defined robotics solutions with us that set new standards in automation.

• Wellpass membership (7,200+ studios across Germany), regular team events, and a team that takes both the work and the culture seriously.

• Flexible working hours, a modern office, and - depending on the role - the option to work from home.

• Regular team events - from relaxed beer & pizza nights on the rooftop terrace to shared experiences on ski trips or at Oktoberfest.