Gravis Robotics

Robotics

FieldRoboticsTeamLead

Austin, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Field Robotics Team Lead at Gravis Robotics. Skills: Team Leadership, Deployment Ownership, Customer and Stakeholder Engagement. Deploying Gravis' autonomous machines across the Americas, from initial site assessment through to live operations and support. Serving as the primary engineering point of contact for US customers”

What You'll Achieve.

build and lead our US-based field robotics team; lead the team responsible for deploying Gravis' autonomous machines across the Americas; enable your team to execute on the ground; drive platform improvements

Industry & Context.

Robotics
Problems you'll solve

hands-on problem-solving in the field; Anticipate and resolve technical and operational risks before they become customer-facing issues

Eligibility Requirements

frequent travel to deployment sites across North America, several weeks at our headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, at the start of your tenure

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience leading technical engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management, Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects on time, with organizational and prioritization skills across multiple parallel workstreams, Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage credibly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders including customers and executives

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience with mobile robots, ideally in construction, agriculture, mining, or automotive sectors, Background in customer-facing technical project or program management, Experience working across distributed, international teams, Familiarity with autonomous systems, sensor integration, or field deployment of hardware/software stacks, Knowledge and experience in heavy civil construction

What You'll Do.

Deploying Gravis' autonomous machines across the Americas

from initial site assessment through to live operations and support

Serving as the primary engineering point of contact for US customers

Working closely with engineering teams in Zurich to shape global deployment scaling

Contributing to deployment architecture decisions

and hands-on problem-solving in the field

Engaging directly with field operations

and the realities of deploying complex systems in the real world

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

working closely with our engineering teams in Zurich; Collaborate with Gravis leadership to align domestic strategy with global priorities; Partner with the teams in Switzerland to ensure field realities inform product roadmap decisions; Champion a feedback loop between field operations and R&D

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage credibly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders including customers and executives; proficiency in English is a requirement for all roles

Process & Methodology

end-to-end coordination and management of customer deployments, scoping and planning, live autonomous operations, defining and continuously refining deployment processes, tooling, checklists, documentation and playbooks, Anticipate and resolve technical and operational risks

Full Job Description

## Description Gravis Robotics is a startup that turns heavy construction machines into intelligent and autonomous robots. Our unique combination of learning-based automation and augmented remote control lets one operator safely conduct a fleet of earthmoving machines in a gamified environment. Our team has over a decade of academic experience honing the cutting edge of large-scale robotics, and is rapidly growing to bring that expertise into a trillion dollar industry through active deployments with market leaders. We operate at the intersection of hardware, software, and real-world deployment, and we're looking for an experienced Engineering Team Lead to build and lead our US-based field robotics team. ## About the Role This is a high-ownership, high-visibility position. You'll lead the team responsible for deploying Gravis' autonomous machines across the Americas, from initial site assessment through to live operations and support. You'll be the primary engineering point of contact for our US customers, while working closely with our engineering teams in Zurich to shape how we scale deployments globally. This is not a purely managerial position. We expect our engineering leads to stay technically grounded, contributing to deployment architecture decisions, tooling improvements, and hands-on problem-solving in the field. At Gravis, we value close proximity to the work, and you'll regularly engage directly with field operations, customer sites, and the realities of deploying complex systems in the real world. We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Engineering Team Lead to guide our US-based field robotics team that will deploy our autonomous machines in the Americas. ## Responsibilities Team Leadership (40%) Hire, onboard, and grow a high-performing team of field robotics engineers across the US Set clear goals, provide ongoing mentorship, and support each team member's professional development Build a culture of technical rigor, ownership, and continuous i

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