Technical Team Lead - Robotics & Autonomous Systems (m/f/d)

What we offer

• Work in an international, agile and ambitious team creating the future of autonomous systems
• Grow your career in a expanding and ambitious engineering team
• Build innovative products using state-of-the-art technologies in AI, robotics, and autonomy
• Benefit from a steep learning curve and continuous development
• Enjoy team events and a strong, collaborative culture

Your mission

Your Mission

• Own the technical vision and architecture of a complex autonomous robotics product.
• Translate operational requirements into clear technical goals and engineering milestones.
• Define the technical roadmap and drive execution from concept to deployment.
• Make key technical decisions across perception, sensor integration and robotics software applications.
• Lead by example through hands-on software engineering and system integration.
• Guide and mentor a multidisciplinary engineering team, fostering technical excellence and ownership.
• Challenge complexity, prioritize what matters, and focus the team on delivering the next milestone.
• Validate solutions through real-world testing and continuously improve system performance.
• Collaborate with other internal tech teams to capitalise on synergies.
• Report on and evaluate technical challenges and work closely with the CTO on solutions.

Your profile

• At least 5–6 years of experience building robotics, autonomous or real-time systems.
• Strong experience in robotics perception, sensor integration and system architecture.
• Excellent C++ skills, with solid experience in ROS 2, Linux and Python.
• Hands-on experience integrating sensors such as LiDAR, cameras or IMUs.
• Experience taking complex systems from concept through deployment.
• A hands-on technical leader who enjoys co-creation alongside the team.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to make pragmatic technical decisions under uncertainty.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive technical discussions and align engineering teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where execution matters more than process.
• Strong motivator, coach and servant leader.

Nice to have

• Experience with computer vision, object tracking or sensor fusion.
• Experience with embedded or edge computing platforms.
• Familiarity with GPU acceleration (CUDA, TensorRT).
• Experience with autonomous robots, drones or autonomous vehicles.
• Background in safety-critical or high-performance systems.

What else

• Citizenship of a NATO member country or close ally.
• Willingsness to work onsite in Munich and to travel.

Why us?

• Own the technical direction of a cutting-edge robotics product.
• Work on challenging engineering problems with real-world impact.
• Stay hands-on while shaping architecture and technical strategy.
• Test and iterate on real robotic systems, not just simulations.
• Join a team that values ownership, fast execution and building systems that work.