Technical Lead (m/f/d)

About the role

Robotics and operations

• Act as the primary technical escalation point for robot, teleoperation, and data-collection issues.
• Diagnose and resolve humanoid robot hardware and software faults, data-capture failures, synchronization problems, and quality concerns.
• Find root causes of operational failures, implement lasting corrective actions, and maximize fleet uptime and efficiency.
• Manage compute, networking, and storage infrastructure requirements.

Data pipelines and quality

• Design and optimize end-to-end pipelines for data capture, synchronization, storage, validation, quality assurance, packaging, and customer delivery.
• Define data schemas, metadata standards, and collection specifications.
• Implement automated validation and quality controls to meet customer acceptance standards.
• Monitor throughput, quality, utilization, and productivity.

Teams, customers, and vendors

• Build and manage multidisciplinary teams of engineers, operators, and QA specialists; mentor technical staff and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and establish training and certification programs for operational teams.
• Translate customer data requirements into internal processes and acceptance criteria; act as the primary technical contact for customer engagements and reviews.
• Lead discussions on quality, delivery milestones, and acceptance testing; manage robotics vendors and outsourced partners and meet service-level agreements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in robotics, computer engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of engineering experience with substantial hands-on exposure to robotics systems and/or large-scale data operations.
• Strong expertise in humanoid robotics platforms and robotic systems diagnostics; experience with ROS/ROS2.
• Proven experience designing and managing data collection, data generation, or AI training data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data formats and schema design, validation frameworks, data storage solutions, and quality assurance methodologies.
• Experience leading technical and operational teams; strong stakeholder management and customer-facing communication skills.
• Fluent Mandarin Chinese and professional English communication skills.

Location and work arrangement

• The role is based onsite in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Employment