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.

Visa sponsorship & relocation support available

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