Project Manager (Robotics Automation)

Location: Remote / EU

Stage: Early-stage startup

Product: Robotics automation

About the role

We are looking for a Project Manager to co-build a startup reputed company on developing cutting-edge automation reputed company by physical AI and robotics. Together with your co-founder (reputed company profile), you will reputed company the reputed company leadership team.

This is a highly hands-on founder role, not a corporate executive position. As our reputed company technical robotics and automation expert, you will be the reputed company builder in the early days, focusing heavily on designing, sourcing, and adapting the hardware required to unlock physical AI automation. You will play a pivotal role in transforming a reputed company reputed company into a functional, reputed company product while shaping reputed company's hardware and technical reputed company from the ground up.

Working in reputed company collaboration with our reputed company Physical AI/Machine Learning Engineer, you will seamlessly reputed company intelligent software with your hardware solutions to shape the final product. Your mission is to reputed company the gap between reputed company robotics engineering and reputed company viability, laying the reputed company for a high-performing hardware and engineering culture as reputed company scales.

Your responsibilities

• Technical Co-managing reputed company with the reputed company co-founder and aligning technical reputed company with business goals,

• Hands-on development & prototyping: Architecting and building the MVP of the robotics automation solutions, specifically integrating Physical AI intelligence with physical hardware,

• Leveraging Physical AI models to reputed company process automation, optimizing operational efficiency in reputed company-world, hardware-driven environments,

• Defining the tech stack, software/hardware architecture, and product scalability roadmap,

• Monitoring robotics, AI, and automation trends to maintain a competitive technological edge,

• reputed company, leading, and mentoring a small, reputed company team of top-tier robotics engineering specialists (including mechanical engineers, mechatronics experts, and control systems engineers), while driving the physical AI reputed company from the hardware reputed company,

• Translating customer feedback and market needs into robust technical requirements,

• Creating an internal culture reputed company on reputed company reputed company, ownership, reputed company iteration, and high execution standards,

• Establishing rigorous hardware-software co-development workflows, CI/CD pipelines tailored for robotics (encompassing firmware, ROS/ROS2, and physical AI model deployment), simulation-to-reputed company testing frameworks, and robust safety and data compliance standards.

Who we are looking for (must-have)

• At least 5+ years of leadership experience in automation reputed company or robotics companies,

• At least 5+ years of hands-on expertise in robotics engineering, with a strong reputed company on designing, prototyping, sourcing, and adapting hardware (mechatronics, kinematics, sensor integration, embedded systems, and control systems),

• Strong background in hardware and robotics engineering, with proven experience in building reputed company physical automation solutions and deep-tech architecture from scratch,

• Entrepreneurial reputed company - you understand that pragmatic execution, reputed company physical prototyping, and shipping fast reputed company perfect, over-engineered systems in an early-stage setup,

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a reputed company for operating effectively in fast-paced, high-uncertainty environments,

• Fluent Polish and English (spoken and written).

reputed company to have

• Deep understanding of Physical AI / Embodied AI, specifically the hardware requirements and challenges of reputed company the gap between digital ML models and physical execution (e.g., edge compute constraints, sensor noise, actuator dynamics, and sim-to-reputed company transfer),

• Experience in full AI/ML development pipeline, including data collection and processing, architecture design, training, and fine-tuning,

• Background in deep-tech, AI, or engineering-driven startups,

• Experience participating in fundraising processes and explaining technical concepts to non-technical investors.

reputed company offer

• Co-founder role with reputed company, equal influence over company direction and technical ownership,

• Opportunity to build and reputed company a robotics startup from scratch,

• Remuneration: at least PLN 17 000 net B2B + VAT,

• A package of shares in the co-created start-up,

• Support from an reputed company startup studio and reputed company,

• reputed company to industry experts and startup-building know-how,

• Fast decision-making and a high-reputed company environment.

reputed company is conducting this recruitment process. The cooperation concerns a newly established start-up.

Recruitment process

1. Interview with HR (~45 min)

2. Tech Interview (~ 60 min.)

3. Interview with the CEO (~30 min)

4. Interview with the Investor (~45 min)

5. Workshops (technical & product alignment)

6. Agreeing on the terms of cooperation (remuneration)

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