Associate Director - Robotics

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead in ambiguous environments, making high-velocity decisions for scalable system-level robotics solutions.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for all program needs and demonstrate ownership.
• Foster inclusion and mentor engineering teams.
• Systems-level design expertise : evaluate embedded systems, software development, and electromechanical design practices.
• Drive DFMEAs, PFMEAs, RCA, and corrective actions.
• Analyze cross-functional trade-offs (hardware-software dependencies, cost, safety, reliability) and evaluate KPI impacts.
• Facilitate requirements management, trade studies, and technical risk assessments using quantitative and first-principles analysis.
• Establish clear communication mechanisms, periodic reviews, RACI, and accountability across stakeholders.
• Define engineering best practices, documentation standards, and VoC feedback processes.
• Travel to customer sites in North America and Europe as required.

Skills Required

Robotics, Automation, Embedded Systems, Electromechanical Systems