Head of Robot - Software & Hardware

Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Head of Robot Delivery & Engineering to lead the successful definition, development, industrialization, and delivery of next-generation robotic products through strategic Joint Design Manufacturing (JDM) partnerships. This executive leader will own robot product and project delivery while building and managing the Shenzhen-based robot software, hardware, and power system teams.

The role combines technology leadership, portfolio management, product definition, partner governance, and disciplined program execution from concept through mass production and sustaining support. The successful candidate will bring deep robot vacuum cleaner industry expertise, a strong record of leading multidisciplinary organizations, and the executive presence to align internal stakeholders, JDM partners, suppliers, and manufacturing teams around quality, cost, schedule, and customer outcomes.

Key Responsibilities 1. Product and Business Leadership Own the robot product delivery strategy and execution roadmap, aligned with company objectives and market priorities. Lead product planning, product definition, feature prioritization, platform strategy, and technology roadmap development. Drive the end-to-end product lifecycle: concept, feasibility, development, verification, validation, industrialization, launch, and sustaining engineering.

Partner with business, product, engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and commercial stakeholders to define requirements, business cases, schedules, and investment priorities. Balance innovation, customer experience, performance, reliability, cost, manufacturability, and time-to-market. 2. JDM Partner and Program Leadership Serve as the senior executive interface for key JDM partners, strategic suppliers, and manufacturing stakeholders.

Establish clear governance, accountability, decision rights, escalation paths, and operating rhythms across internal and partner teams. Drive partner execution across product concept, requirements, architecture, detailed development, validation, pilot builds, ramp, and mass production. Own integrated program plans, major milestones, budgets, resource allocation, dependencies, and executive reporting.

Identify delivery risks early and lead cross-functional recovery or mitigation plans. Ensure all programs achieve agreed quality, cost, schedule, performance, compliance, and customer-experience targets. 3. Engineering Organization Leadership Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing Shenzhen engineering organization spanning robot software, embedded systems, hardware/electrical engineering, power systems, system integration, verification, and program management.

Define the organization structure, capability plan, hiring roadmap, performance expectations, succession pipeline, and leadership development approach. Create a culture of technical excellence, transparency, ownership, collaboration, and predictable execution. Provide coaching and direction to functional leaders while ensuring strong cross-functional system ownership. 4. Technology Leadership Provide technical leadership across robot system architecture, autonomy and navigation, perception, SLAM, AI/computer vision, embedded software, sensor integration, motion control, battery and power management, connectivity, cloud integration, and mobile ecosystems.

Chair major architecture, design, readiness, and technical risk reviews; make or facilitate timely system-level trade-off decisions. Drive platform reuse, modularity, design quality, engineering standards, and long-term technology differentiation. Evaluate emerging technologies and translate relevant advances into pragmatic product and platform investments. 5. Portfolio Management Manage multiple robot programs across product tiers, platforms, regions, and generations.

Prioritize investments and allocate resources based on strategic value, customer impact, technical readiness, risk, and return. Maintain alignment among