Engineering Manager – Control & Low-Level Software (m/f/d)

Job description

About the Role at RobCo RobCo is building the category of Autonomous Industrial Robotics and we're doing it fast. We believe that automating the ordinary frees humans to do the extraordinary, and we're building the end-to-end robotics infrastructure to make that possible - hardware, software, and AI in one stack that just works. At RobCo, we don’t just build robots, we are redefining the relationship between hardware and AI. Our end-to-end solutions seamlessly combine advanced, scalable industrial hardware with a central software suite powered by Physical AI to make manufacturing truly autonomous, efficient, and scalable. By delivering field-ready robotic solutions that just work, we empower industrial companies to automate without complexity and successfully solve the global labor shortage. At RobCo, we automate the ordinary, so humans can do the extraordinary. To achieve this, we are looking for an ambitious Engineering Manager - Control & Low-Level Software (m/f/d) to help us establish RobCo as a leading provider of automation solutions. In this key role, you will lead the team behind how our robots move: RobControl, the real-time controller running on every RobCo robot, together with control unit software, robot modeling and hardware integration. One controller codebase drives our modular robots, OEM configurations and Alfie, our autonomous industrial robot, so your team's work reaches every robot in the field. Managing a team of control, embedded and software engineers, you will balance new capabilities for Alfie and our physical AI roadmap with the reliability factory customers expect on every shift. Your Responsibilities Own the hardware-software bridge: Lead the team developing our real-time controller, robot models, hardware interfacing via EtherCat, as well as core robot algorithms like motion generation and planning, calibration, etc., running on Linux-based Control Units. Lead and Grow the Team: Act as a people-first leader for a mixed team of experienced engineers and early-career talent. Hire and coach, and balance roadmap work with field support through clear priorities and a fair on-call rotation. Drive Engineering Excellence: Set standards for code quality, hardware-in-the-loop and automated testing, and CI/CD, so that done means tested, released and running in the field. Improve observability so field issues can be diagnosed remotely and q…