The posting
Gravis Robotics is a high-growth Series A start-up backed by SoftBank, bringing Physical AI to the construction industry, turning heavy construction machines into autonomous robots.
Gravis began as an ETH Zurich spin-out, and our unique combination of learning-based automation and augmented remote control lets one operator safely conduct a fleet of earthmoving machines in a gamified environment.
Backed by deep robotics research and now deployed across multiple countries with leading construction and equipment partners, our team is rapidly growing to bring this technology to a trillion-dollar industry.
The Gravis RACK is a machine-agnostic retrofit kit that adds autonomy to excavators and wheel loaders from 10 to 100+ tonnes: LiDAR and camera sensing, GNSS RTK, networking hardware and rugged edge compute that works offline. Paired with the Slate tablet and our Copilot software, it lets an operator run a machine manually, with AI assistance, or fully autonomously. Increasingly, we also build custom hardware to adapt our machines for highly specialized, robust applications beyond traditional excavation.
About the role
What you will do
- Hire, onboard, and grow a high-performing team of field robotics engineers in the UK
- Set clear goals, provide ongoing mentorship, and support each team member's professional development
- Build a culture of technical rigor, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Own end-to-end coordination and management of customer deployment, from scoping and planning through to live autonomous operations, enabling your team to execute on the ground
- Define and continuously refine deployment processes, tooling, checklists, documentation and playbooks
- Anticipate and resolve technical and operational risks before they become customer-facing issues
- Serve as the primary technical interface for UK customers, building trusted relationships and managing expectations across the project lifecycle
- Translate customer feedback and operational insights into concrete product improvements
- Collaborate with Gravis leadership to align domestic strategy with global priorities
- Partner with the teams in Switzerland to ensure field realities inform product roadmap decisions
- Champion a feedback loop between field operations and R&D so deployment learnings drive platform improvements
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Robotics, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field (or equivalent hands-on experience)
- 5+ years of experience leading technical engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Proven track record of delivering complex technical projects on time, with strong organizational and prioritization skills across multiple parallel workstreams
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage credibly with both engineers and non-technical stakeholders including customers and executives
Additional Beneficial Skills
- Hands-on experience with mobile robots, ideally in construction, agriculture, mining, or automotive sectors
- Background in customer-facing technical project or program management
- Experience working across distributed, international teams
- Familiarity with autonomous systems, sensor integration, or field deployment of hardware/software stacks
- Knowledge and experience in heavy civil construction
Location & Travel
Don't meet every requirement? If you're enthusiastic about the role but your experience doesn't match every qualification, we still encourage you to apply. You may still be the perfect fit for another position - tell us about how you could accomplish your best at Gravis with a cover letter.
This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and versatile team, and to be part of a rapidly expanding startup that will revolutionize heavy construction.
Gravis is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team, and do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
We are an international team that is working to solve problems with a global impact: to facilitate efficient communication and collaboration, proficiency in English is a requirement for all roles.
