Head of System – Humanoid Robotics | Munich (on-site)
A deep-tech robotics company building humanoid machines from the ground up is looking for a Head of System to own how their robot works - as a machine, not just a product roadmap.
This isn't a coordination role. You'll define the system architecture end to end: kinematic and dynamic structure, sensor placement, compute distribution, and how mechanics, electronics and software resolve into one coherent design. When a problem falls between disciplines and nobody owns it - that's you.
What you’ll be doing
- Owning the robot's physical and functional architecture -DoF, kinematics, mass/inertia strategy, sensor selection, actuator spec, compute topology
- Closing the loop between design intent and measured reality (system ID, model fidelity, dynamic behaviour)
- Holding the interface contract with hardware ie. mass, power, thermal and bandwidth budgets
- Working with the AI leadership on sim-to-real transfer -what the platform needs to give learned policies a fighting chance
- Leading software across embedded, motion control, perception integration and robot infrastructure
- Shaping functional safety architecture for a machine that can't rely on stopping to be safe
- Defining what "working" means for the robot as a system, and owning acceptance criteria
- Building and mentoring a team of roboticists and engineers
What they’re looking for
- Humanoid/legged robot experience essential - from concept through to a walking robot
- 10+ years deep in robotics: dynamics, control, kinematics, mechatronic system design
- Genuine cross-disciplinary fluency - across mechanical, electronics, software and AI and knowing where to make trade offs
- Real organisational leadership with a track record of owning roadmaps and growing engineers
- Enough software leadership credibility to set direction and hold a bar, without needing to write the code yourself
Nice to have: learning-based control exposure, functional safety standards (ISO 13849, IEC 61508, or the emerging humanoid work in ISO 25785/22440), experience taking a robot from lab to real deployment.
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Head of System - Humanoid in München Arbeitgeber: Cubiq Recruitment
Als Arbeitgeber bieten wir Ihnen die Möglichkeit, an der Spitze innovativer Hardware-Entwicklung zu stehen und aktiv an der Realisierung unserer humanoiden Plattform mitzuwirken. Unsere Unternehmenskultur fördert Kreativität und Zusammenarbeit, während wir gleichzeitig auf individuelle Wachstumschancen setzen, um Ihre Karriere voranzutreiben. In einem dynamischen Umfeld, das sich auf Sicherheit und Qualität konzentriert, haben Sie die Chance, mit einem engagierten Team zusammenzuarbeiten und bedeutende Beiträge zur Zukunft der Robotik zu leisten.
