Director of Engineering, Fleet Applications

Agility Robotics
Any Office Fremont +3 more
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Candidates with experience in leading distributed engineering teams and managing multi-tenant SaaS platforms will find this execution-focused leadership role in robotics and automation.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a track record of leading distributed engineering teams and managing multi-tenant SaaS platforms
    — “managing managers and senior ICs”
  • Candidates comfortable with hybrid work models and managing remote ICs across multiple locations
    — “managed distributed teams of remote ICs”

Things to consider

  • This role requires critical evaluation of architecture and tech stack decisions from engineering leaders
    — “review an architecture proposal, argue about a language, OSS or tech stack choice on the merits”
  • The role has a strong emphasis on product delivery and meeting committed timelines
    — “led multiple engineering teams towards product delivery on a committed timeline”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with SaaS platform delivery and fleet management systems in your resume
    — “taken a product from bespoke or single-customer delivery to a multi-tenant SaaS offering”
  • Emphasize your ability to align multiple engineering teams under a single technical roadmap
    — “make them feel like one organization with one set of commitments”
  • Showcase your experience with SOC 2 compliance and cloud deployment architectures
    — “write the requirements they build against and to review their proposals critically”
  • Demonstrate your ability to collaborate with Product and TPM teams without owning the roadmap
    — “partner well with Product and TPM counterparts and don't need to own the roadmap”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Delivery of Arc Platform for deployed Digit fleets
Typical background
Experience leading multiple engineering teams

Skills & requirements

Required

Cloud Saas Platform DevelopmentSoftware DistributionDevice Configuration And Status ManagementData LakehousingTask Workflow ManagementCustomer Support ApplicationsRemote Issue Resolution

Preferred

Agile MethodologiesOSS SelectionLanguage And Framework Choices

Stack & domain

Full-stack DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentCloud ServicesSoftware DistributionDevice ConfigurationData LakehousingTask Workflow ManagementRobot OperationsCustomer SupportRemote Issue ResolutionServiceUI InterfacesWeb ExperiencesMobile ExperiencesWorkflow OrchestrationResource ManagementFleet Data AggregationEdge DevicesSupervisor MetricsWorkflowsWorkcellsRobot And Device AssetsProduct VisionTechnical RoadmapCommit DatesResource And Staffing PlanningOSS SelectionLanguage And Framework ChoicesService BoundariesAPI ContractsSOC 2 ReadinessMulti-cell And Single-tenant Deployment ArchitecturesMature Ci/cd PipelinesRelease Engineering Teams And ProcessesDistributed TeamsProduct DeliveryCustomer Product RequirementsSafety And PerformanceAI DriverData-transformation PipelinesSQLA/B TestsStatistical FoundationsFrequentist StatisticsStatistical Scripting LanguageData Science Or Machine-learning PackagesPythonPandasSklearnStatsmodelsScipyRDplyrCaretStatsSummarizingVisualizingCommunicating FindingsAsynchronous CommunicationTime ZonesCross-functional PartnersPerformance MetricsEngineering EffortsCommercial SuccessOff-road MeasurementsModel TrainingInferenceBottlenecksFunctionality And PerformanceHypothesesUnlock ImprovementsAccessible WayPrioritisationStrategyMachine-learning ExperiencePyTorchStatistical RigourExperimental Best PracticesCausal InferenceEconometric TechniquesBayesian MethodologiesHypothesis TestingReal Estate PortalsExcelGoogle SheetsBack-office ToolsProperty ValuationMarket-data ToolsNegotiationRelationship-buildingAnalytical MindsetProactiveAutonomousResults-drivenSpanishDriving LicenceTravelRegionLeadershipCommunicationPresentationCoachingTeamworkProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsInfluencing Team DirectionEvidence-based Decision MakingFleet ApplicationsCloud Saas PlatformData ScienceMachine LearningProperty InvestmentReal EstateInvestment CriteriaRental YieldRenovation Potential

About the role

Original posting from Agility Robotics

Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.

The Director of Fleet Applications  will leverage multiple teams of full-stack, front-end and cloud services developers to deliver Arc to our customers. Arc is a cloud SaaS platform that handles software distribution, device configuration and status, data lakehousing, and task workflow management for  deployed Digit fleets and their ecosystem devices. It enables supervisors to inspect metrics, manage workflows and workcells, and administer robot and device assets. Additionally, you will also drive the product vision for our Robot Operations Center and deliver applications focused on customer support, remote issue resolution and service. 

The Director will work with Product partners, Principal Architects and TPMs, to define and deliver the product vision. This is an execution focused  role, ensuring speedy delivery into production and data-driven continuous improvement. 

Responsibilities: 

Delivery of Arc Platform. Crafting the technical roadmap and commit to dates based on product and customer targets. Lead resource and staffing planning accordingly. 

Multiple teams, one roadmap. A UI team building the on-robot interfaces and the web and mobile experiences, and a cloud services team owning workflow orchestration, resource management, and fleet data aggregation from the edge. Your job is to make them feel like one organization with one set of commitments.

Technical roadmaps & decision making. Achieve team buy-in and consensus on OSS selection, language and framework choices, service boundaries, API contracts. You bring a point of view, you invite the Principal Architect to disagree with it, and you close the decision so the teams can move.

Requirements on your upstream dependencies. SOC 2 readiness and the multi-cell and single-tenant deployment architectures come from the Cloud Platform team. You need enough depth to write the requirements they build against and to review their proposals critically, not to accept them on faith.

New surfaces for the fleet. Applications that let our support engineers diagnose and resolve customer-raised issues remotely, and mobile experiences that let a site leader check on their Digit fleet without sitting at a desk.

The team itself. Hiring, leveling, performance, and growth for a fully distributed engineering organization.

Required Qualifications

You have led multiple engineering teams (managing managers and senior ICs) towards product delivery on a committed timeline, and you can describe what slipped and what you did about it.

You have taken a product from bespoke or single-customer delivery to a multi-tenant SaaS offering — or done the reverse, standing up single-tenant deployments for enterprise customers who demanded isolation.

You are technical enough to review an architecture proposal, argue about a language, OSS or tech stack choice on the merits.

You have worked with mature CI/CD pipelines and Release Engineering teams and processes to accelerate ship cadence as well as software quality for your teams.

You have managed distributed teams of remote ICs.

You partner well with Product and TPM counterparts and don't need to own the roadmap to feel ownership of the outcome.

Preferred Qualifications 

Domain experience in Robotics, Industrial Automation, IIoT, or fleet/telematics 

Full-stack and cloud services breadth (you'll have both under you)

SOC 2 or comparable compliance work as an engineering leader

Experience with on-device or embedded UI alongside web

Location

This a hybrid position based out of one of our Salem, Pittsburgh, or Fremont offices.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.

Anticipated Salary Range$236,000—$369,000 USDIn addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:

401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.

Equity: Company stock options.

Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.

Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.

Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Time Off:

Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.

Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.

On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.

Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.

Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.

Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.

Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.

Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies.  We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page.  If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered.  To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.

Source: Agility Robotics careers

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