Tech Lead — XPENG Robotics Xplore Lab

The role

You will lead a small, interdisciplinary team on robotics research. You will own a research direction, from technical vision and roadmap to prototypes and real-world validation.

What you will do

• Lead a small, interdisciplinary team on high-impact robotics research.
• Define and execute 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.

Required qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• A fun, supportive and engaging environment
• Infrastructures and computational resources to support your ML model development/research.
• Opportunity to work on cutting edge technologies with the top talent in the field.
• Opportunity to make significant impact on transportation revolution by the means of advancing autonomous driving
• Competitive compensation package
• Snacks, lunches, dinners, and fun activities

About the company

XPENG is a smart technology company integrating AI and autonomous driving into electric vehicles, eVTOL aircraft, and robotics. The XPENG Robotics Xplore Lab is a research and technology incubation platform for next-generation robotics.