VP Autonomy

Skills

About the Role

You will lead the autonomy strategy and engineering work across SLAM, navigation, mapping, and spatial AI. You will grow and manage the autonomy team, deliver and maintain the autonomy stack, align system-level trade-offs with product goals, and oversee risk management, verification, validation, and flight testing.

Requirements

• Master’s or PhD degree in Robotics or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in robotics or autonomous systems
• Strong engineering leadership and team management experience
• Domain knowledge in autonomous robotics
• Expertise in SLAM, VIO, path planning, 3D mapping, or AI perception
• Track record of deploying autonomy on real hardware products shipped to customers
• Experience coaching, developing, and growing people and teams
• Communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Professional fluency in English
• French is a plus

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop, and retain talent
• Provide feedback, coaching, accountability, and remove performance roadblocks
• Lead and grow the autonomy team
• Establish team governance, accountabilities, processes, and structure
• Define and drive the strategic vision for the autonomy stack
• Own delivery, deployment, and maintenance of the autonomy stack
• Drive system-level trade-offs across hardware, sensors, software, cloud platforms, and autonomy
• Oversee autonomy system risk management, verification, and validation
• Set team priorities and allocate resources across initiatives

Benefits

• 25 vacation days per year plus public holidays
• Additional seniority-based leave of up to 5 days
• Accident insurance covering medical treatments and hospitalization
• Flexible schedules
• Remote work up to 2 days per week
• Discounts on gym memberships and sports events
• Swibeco discounts and rewards platform
• Team events including ski weekends, summer barbecues, and after-work gatherings