Vice President of Engineering @ Sanctuary AI

INACTIVE

Full-Time

Vice President of Engineering

Posted on 3/2/2023

Sanctuary AI

51-200 employees

Human-like intelligence general-purpose robotics

Robotics & Automation

Industrial & Manufacturing

AI & Machine Learning

Expert

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Required Skills

Management

Requirements

Bring hands on experience leading processes that develop an iterative series of prototypes
Manage scaling from our current state through all of the transitions necessary to reach our future mass-production targets
Develop and own budgets for the Hardware Team and all related processes
Own and be the point of contact for all relationships with hardware supply partners
Build and manage an internal team to support and scale your plan
Work with leadership to communicate your plan to company stakeholders
Collaborate with Product Management, Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Customer Success, and Business Development to understand constraints and objectives of each team
Your Experience
Skills & Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in developing and deploying a complex hardware/software system, likely either in the automotive, computer systems, or electronics industries
A track record of developing/mentoring great talent, building and motivating high achieving teams, and growing from 50+ to 100's of engineers
At least 10+ years executive-level management experience; ideally from new-to-world innovation, through New-Product Introduction (NPI) and scale to change the world
Demonstrated executive-level communication of engineering strategy, project execution, budget control, and product demonstrations
Demonstrated ability to maintain schedule integrity, with ability to operate a complex concurrent engineering program, that shows demonstrated evolution to customers, investors, and internal business stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to innovate in both technology and engineering practices in multiple disciplines
Demonstrated the ability to engineer for scale & serviceability from prototypes to production
Traits
Will thrive in a zero-politics environment focused uniquely on our world-changing mission
Highly competitive and driven to succeed
Professional, calm, and consistently optimistic in the face of adversity and difficult challenges
Excited about the opportunity to play a critical role with a visionary company taking on the dual grand challenges of building human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots
Entrepreneurial and goal-driven with a high level of energy
Motivated and effective in a fast paced and dynamic environment
Charismatic and inspirational leader
Ideally this candidate will be based in Vancouver, BC, able to relocate; we will consider exceptional candidates who are able to frequently travel for work in Canada

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for delivery of all hardware aspects of our products. This includes responsibility for overall delivery & execution of the hardware systems design, architecture, actuators, sensors, networking, mechanical and electrical systems for a graceful human-like bipedal general-purpose robot
You'll work with our VP Manufacturing to develop Design For Manufacture processes, and with our VP Software Engineering to define systems-level requirements for implementing a complex control stack, managing supply chain, budgeting, and more. Reporting to our Chief Product Officer, this is an important and demanding role requiring someone with a world-class understanding of successfully creating breakthrough transformative systems. This is an opportunity to help grow an entirely new industry that could surpass the automotive industry in size, scope, and importance
You will work closely with Product Management, Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Customer Experience, and Business Development leaders to design, implement, and execute the processes and systems necessary to ensure that we can field a transformatively better humanoid than current state-of-the-art prototypes

Your New Role and Team

In this role, you will be responsible for delivery of all hardware aspects of our products. This includes responsibility for overall delivery & execution of the hardware systems design, architecture, actuators, sensors, networking, mechanical and electrical systems for a graceful human-like bipedal general-purpose robot.

You’ll work with our VP Manufacturing to develop Design For Manufacture processes, and with our VP Software Engineering to define systems-level requirements for implementing a complex control stack, managing supply chain, budgeting, and more. Reporting to our Chief Product Officer, this is an important and demanding role requiring someone with a world-class understanding of successfully creating breakthrough transformative systems. This is an opportunity to help grow an entirely new industry that could surpass the automotive industry in size, scope, and importance.

You will work closely with Product Management, Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Customer Experience, and Business Development leaders to design, implement, and execute the processes and systems necessary to ensure that we can field a transformatively better humanoid than current state-of-the-art prototypes.

Our Success Criteria

Bring hands on experience leading processes that develop an iterative series of prototypes
Manage scaling from our current state through all of the transitions necessary to reach our future mass-production targets
Develop and own budgets for the Hardware Team and all related processes
Own and be the point of contact for all relationships with hardware supply partners
Build and manage an internal team to support and scale your plan
Work with leadership to communicate your plan to company stakeholders
Collaborate with Product Management, Manufacturing, Software Engineering, Customer Success, and Business Development to understand constraints and objectives of each team

Your Experience

Skills & Qualifications

Demonstrated experience in developing and deploying a complex hardware/software system, likely either in the automotive, computer systems, or electronics industries
A track record of developing/mentoring great talent, building and motivating high achieving teams, and growing from 50+ to 100’s of engineers
At least 10+ years executive-level management experience; ideally from new-to-world innovation, through New-Product Introduction (NPI) and scale to change the world
Demonstrated executive-level communication of engineering strategy, project execution, budget control, and product demonstrations
Demonstrated ability to maintain schedule integrity, with ability to operate a complex concurrent engineering program, that shows demonstrated evolution to customers, investors, and internal business stakeholders
Demonstrated ability to innovate in both technology and engineering practices in multiple disciplines
Demonstrated the ability to engineer for scale & serviceability from prototypes to production

Traits

Will thrive in a zero-politics environment focused uniquely on our world-changing mission
Highly competitive and driven to succeed
Professional, calm, and consistently optimistic in the face of adversity and difficult challenges
Excited about the opportunity to play a critical role with a visionary company taking on the dual grand challenges of building human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots
Entrepreneurial and goal-driven with a high level of energy
Motivated and effective in a fast paced and dynamic environment
Charismatic and inspirational leader
Ideally this candidate will be based in Vancouver, BC, able to relocate; we will consider exceptional candidates who are able to frequently travel for work in Canada

Working at Sanctuary

Sanctuary is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

Benefits

Full time employees enjoy medical/dental/vision, life insurance, wellness programs, stock options, paid time off (vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and parental leave), scheduling and worksite flexibility by role, and more.

About Sanctuary

Founded in 2018 by Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert, Olivia Norton, and Ajay Agrawal, Sanctuary is a Vancouver, Canada-based company. Sanctuary is on a mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. And in the not-too-distant future, help us explore, settle, and prosper in outer space.

Members of the Sanctuary team founded D-Wave (a pioneer in the quantum computing industry), Kindred (first use of reinforcement learning in a production robot), and the Creative Destruction Lab (pioneered a revolutionary method for the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind). The team has experience launching market-defining innovations rooted in previously unsolved and deep scientific problems.

Recruiting & Employment Agency Notice:

Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary career site or directly to any Sanctuary employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary’s sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.

Sanctuary AI

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Sanctuary’s mission is to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. The company is committed to augmenting human creativity and has experience launching market-defining innovations rooted previously unsolved and deep scientific problems. Sanctuary hopes in the not-too-distant future, robots will help us explore, and prosper in outer space.

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$93.8M

Headquarters

Vancouver, Canada

Founded

2018

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 2%

1 year growth

↑ 35%

2 year growth

↑ 144%

Benefits

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

Wellness programs

Stock options

PTO

Schedule flexibility

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