Lead Hardware Engineer
TAR, San Francisco Bay Area
What you will do
- Own the technical design and execution roadmap for a defined robotics subsystem (e.g., pile-driving, racking placement, or earth-moving mechanisms), translating org-level priorities into concrete engineering plans.
- Lead day-to-day technical direction for a small team of mechanical, electrical, and systems engineers, reviewing designs and mentoring less experienced engineers.
- Drive your subsystem from low-volume prototype builds toward reliable, higher-volume production, working directly with manufacturing and supply chain partners.
- Make system architecture decisions within your subsystem: mechanical, electrical, controls, and sensor integration; that hold up under dust, heat, and vibration in the field.
- Manage BOM and supplier relationships for your subsystem, balancing cost reduction with field reliability.
- Spend regular time at the West Texas site closing the loop between field failures and design fixes.
- Partner with the Head of Hardware on hiring and technical roadmap input, without owning org-wide strategy.