Senior Manager, Learning from Demonstration

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Manage the entire lifecycle of innovation initiatives, starting from initial research and brainstorming to the deployment of proof-of-concept on humanoid platforms.

• Take ownership of the AI Innovation program's success, ensuring accountability for quality and delivery within the team.

• Lead research efforts into innovative AI solutions addressing complex robotics challenges, including real-time planning, human-robot interaction, and adaptive motor control.

• Enhance the data flywheel strategy by integrating teleoperation, synthetic data, and fleet learning to improve fleet performance and reliability.

• Collaborate with Hardware and Robot Software teams to refine next-generation sensor suites for upcoming AI architectures.

• Advocate for the existing team's skills and represent their interests to senior management.

• Oversee performance assessment cycles, develop personalized growth plans, and spearhead hiring to expand the AI Innovation team.

• Create a safe and collaborative atmosphere that promotes open communication and learning from unsuccessful experiments.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.

• At least 8 years of experience in AI/ML, including a minimum of 3 years in a leadership position.

• Proven expertise in developing and implementing real-time AI solutions for robotics, autonomous systems, or other mission-critical applications.

• Strong proficiency in key AI domains, such as computer vision, reinforcement learning, and large language models (LLMs) in relation to robotics.

• Established history of managing and scaling high-performance engineering or research teams.

• Experience in deploying models on resource-constrained edge devices while balancing inference speed, power consumption, and thermal constraints.

• All positions are based in the U.S.; candidates must possess current authorization to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• 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.

• Time Off: 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.