VP Robotics

You will lead Meta Robotics Studio and own the delivery of Meta's robotics products — from architecture and industrial design through development, manufacturing, and launch. You will be accountable for the roadmap, the milestones, and the shipped result: robots/ humanoids in the hands of real people, at quality, at cost, and on schedule. You will lead an organization spanning hardware engineering, embodied AI and machine learning, systems software, manufacturing, and operations, and you will build the execution muscle that turns deep technical capability into products people use every day.

VP Robotics Responsibilities:

Own the robotics product roadmap and delivery plan — the milestones, the schedule, and the shipped outcome — and hold the organization accountable to it.
Drive products end to end through the full development lifecycle: architecture, industrial design, prototyping, design validation, production validation, ramp, and launch.
Own hardware productization at scale — manufacturability, quality, reliability, yield, and cost of goods — in partnership with Supply Chain and Manufacturing.
Make and defend the consequential product decisions: form factor, platform architecture, build-versus-buy, and what ships in which release.
Establish the operating cadence, program management discipline, and execution bar required to ship complex hardware and software on a predictable schedule.
Direct applied technical investment toward shipping outcomes — ensuring embodied AI, machine learning, and systems work is sequenced against product milestones.
Build, manage and support diverse teams of engineering directors and managers across multiple sites.
Provide both technical and organizational leadership.
Form cross-functional and cross-discipline partnerships across MSL, TBD, Reality Labs Research, Product, Design, Safety, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Legal, and Policy.,.
Establish effective strategies and execute against them.
Own the product-quality, safety, and reliability standard for physical robotic systems, including regulatory and certification requirements for consumer deployment.
Foster an environment of respect, integrity, inclusion, and innovation.
Recruit and retain top talent across hardware, software, AI, and manufacturing disciplines.

Minimum Qualifications:

15+ years of technical industry experience
10+ years of management experience
Experience as VP or C-level of an engineering organization at a company operating at scale
Experience managing and scaling organizations
Experience shipping physical hardware products to customers at volume, with ownership of the outcome
Experience owning a multi-year hardware and software program through to launch, including schedule, quality, and cost commitments
Experience leading hardware productization in partnership with supply chain, manufacturing, and contract manufacturers
Experience integrating advanced software or AI capabilities into shipping consumer or commercial products
Experience initiating and driving projects to completion with minimal guidance
Experience analyzing, interpreting, and leveraging data to make business decisions

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience managing robotics and engineering products at scale
Experience bringing a new hardware product category from concept to high-volume production
Experience with new product introduction, design and production validation, manufacturing ramp, and supplier qualification
Experience owning cost of goods, bill of materials, and margin structure for a hardware product line
Experience with consumer product safety, regulatory certification, and reliability qualification for physical autonomous systems
Working familiarity with modern robot learning and how it translates into product capability: reinforcement learning, imitation learning, sim-to-real transfer, and manipulation
Experience retaining senior engineering and AI talent through organizational or leadership change
Advanced degree in Robotics, Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field

About Meta

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United States of America: $486,000/year to $527,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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