Standard Bots · 6 hours ago
Software Engineering Manager, AI
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$250K/yr - $300K/yr
8+ years expStandard Bots is revolutionizing real-world automation with their AI-powered platform. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead their AI Team, responsible for overseeing the entire AI lifecycle and managing a team of technical leaders and individual contributors.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Information TechnologyRoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
Strategic Advising: Act as a key advisor to leadership on AI strategy, translating emerging research into actionable product roadmaps and long-term technical advantages
Architectural Evolution: Drive the transition from experimental codebases to a robust, scalable AI architecture, across data ingestion with hardware variants, training, and inference
Organizational Scaling: Architect and execute the hiring strategy to grow the current team into a structured, multi-disciplinary organization capable of supporting rapid product expansion
E2E Pipeline Oversight: Own the full AI lifecycle, including high-bandwidth data collection methods, internal review tools, model training, and low-latency edge inference
Quality & Reliability: Establish rigorous evaluation benchmarks and testing protocols to ensure AI-driven robot behaviors are safe, predictable, and production-ready
Leadership & Mentorship: Manage two TLMs and a team of ICs, providing technical oversight, fostering engineering excellence, and building tailored career growth plans
Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Hardware, Core Platform, and Product teams to seamlessly integrate AI capabilities into the physical user experience
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in a formal management role
Proven track record in AI/ML leadership, specifically managing teams that ship production-grade models (experience with computer vision, imitation learning, or robotics is a massive plus)
Experience hiring and structuring teams in high-growth environments, moving from a flat structure to a specialized sub-team model
Comfortable discussing data labeling workflows, GPU orchestration, and the nuances of model quantization for the edge
Ability to take high-level business objectives, derive the technical goals needed to achieve them, and break it down into a multi-quarter technical roadmap
Ability to translate complex AI research into clear business outcomes for stakeholders and leadership
Benefits
Employee Stock Options
Paid time off
Medical/dental/vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k)
Company
Standard Bots
Standard Bots offers advanced automation solutions, including the RO1 robot, to help businesses streamline their operations.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$65MKey Investors
General Catalyst
2024-07-12Series B· $63M
2024-01-19Convertible Note· $2M
2020-01-15Seed
Leadership Team
Evan Beard
Co-founder, CEO and Chief Engineer
David Golden
Co-Founder
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