Robotics Engineering Lead

The role

You will own the engineering organization responsible for robot firmware, control and planning systems, teleoperation, and technical support. This hands-on leadership role involves reviewing code, leading root-cause analysis, and building processes to keep a growing fleet operating reliably.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and roadmap for robot-side firmware
• Lead development of the control and planning stack
• Lead controls, firmware, and hardware sustaining engineering for the deployed product line
• Own the teleoperation system
• Build and manage the customer support team
• Turn customer feedback and fleet data into prioritized engineering work
• Investigate hardware failures and drive corrective actions
• Build and lead the engineering training function
• Set engineering standards across firmware, controls, and teleoperation
• Write and review code directly on critical systems

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in robotics engineering with a foundation in dynamics, kinematics, control theory, and state estimation
• Experience owning a shipped hardware product post-launch
• Ability to write and review production firmware/controls code regularly
• Deep experience with embedded/real-time software including RTOS or PREEMPT_RT environments
• Experience architecting firmware for safety-critical behavior
• Experience with robot control and planning systems
• Comfort operating at the interface between controls, perception, and higher-level planning/AI systems
• Solid cross-disciplinary hardware understanding of mechanical design, PCB/electronics, actuators, sensors, and wiring
• Experience building or operating teleoperation systems
• Experience building or scaling a customer-facing technical support function
• Experience building technical training programs for engineering or field teams
• Track record of hiring and developing engineers

Nice to have

• Experience with humanoid robots or other complex multi-DOF robotic systems
• Prior startup leadership experience
• Familiarity with the compute/networking stack robots typically run on

About the company

Dexmate is building the foundation for physical AI by combining a new generation of robots with a universal Physical AI OS. Their mission is to democratize robotics by delivering a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers, and enterprises.