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We give industry workers a helping hand for tedious manual labour tasks and mitigate labour shortages with a versatile automation platform. Our automation solutions, driven by dexterous robotic hands and cutting edge AI trained on human observations, bring a new level of AI embodiment to the real world.\nThe Role\nWe’re looking for a Head of Systems to drive the technical evolution of our state-of-the-art robotics and AI stack into a scalable, reliable, and production-grade platform.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role. You will set and enforce architectural standards, elevate engineering discipline, and ensure our deployed software runs reliably with little human intervention. You will also own certification of the full software and robotics stack.\nWhat You’ll Do\nGuide scalable architecture decisions across robotics, AI, and infrastructure\nLead productization efforts from prototype to robust production system\nEstablish and enforce code quality, testing, and DevOps standards\nPersonally contribute to the critical parts of the software stack\nDrive software and robotics system certification\nGuide, develop and mentor team members\nWhat We’re Looking For - Must Haves:\nProven track record designing, scaling, and operating production-grade software systems\nStrong system-level thinking, optimizing for scalability and reliability\nExperienced in shipping complex production software for on-edge ML devices (robotics, autonomous driving, drones, IoT)\nComfortable making high-impact architectural decisions\nHands-on and capable of diving deep into code\nStrong at guiding and raising engineering standards across teams\nAbility to represent the company and its technical excellence in robotic systems with clear communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences\nExperience in working with teams of diverse skillsets and aligning technical direction\nNice to Have\nExperience with robotics middleware or real-time systems\nBackground in safety-critical or certified environments\nExperience building telemetry or remote operation systems\nExperience scaling deep tech products into production\nExperience with agile project management and leadership of technical teams\nYou will have the opportunity to shape a robotics & AI company from the ground up. In flat hierarchies you will work directly with the founders and some of the best talents in the robotics space. At mimic, you are accepted for who you are. As part of our ongoing journey towards creating a diverse and inclusive environment we encourage everyone to apply and we are looking forward to you bringing along your knowledge, personal experiences, and fresh perspectives. 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