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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Robotics Lead/ System Architect - **Company:** Microsoft - **Location:** Shanghai, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Artificial Intelligence, Systems Architecture - **Published:** June 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://careers.mobileye.com/jobs/robotics-lead-system-architect/deadf3db-38c8-4562-acdc-2d7a2b01566f ## About the Role * A builder-leader who still opens CAD, schematics, and code * A first-principles thinker who questions assumptions and iterates fast * Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and owning the consequences * Experienced in taking a full humanoid or legged robot from concept to a walking machine, * B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Mechanical, Electrical, or Robotics Engineering (or equivalent experience) * 8+ years in robotics, with a leading role in shipping at least one full humanoid or advanced legged platform * Deep cross-domain fluency: actuation, power electronics, real-time control, and learning-based whole-body control * Proven ability to define system architecture and arbitrate trade-offs across disciplines * Track record of leading small, senior teams through fast prototype cycles * Fluent English and Mandarin; comfortable working with an international engineering organization Advantages: * Experience at a leading humanoid company (e.g., Unitree, AgiBot, Fourier, UBTech) in a system or platform role * Hands-on familiarity with RL-based whole-body control stacks (Isaac Sim / Newton) * Experience standing up a new site, lab, or team from scratch ## Description At Mentee Robotics, we are redefining humanoid automation with an AI-first approach - combining perception, reasoning, and dexterous manipulation into fully autonomous systems that continuously learn and adapt. We are now expanding with a new robotics Engineering Center in China, working hand-in-hand with our engineering teams in headquarters. Its mission: to rapidly develop our next-generation full-size humanoid and bring it to life - a walking, working platform that becomes the foundation of our next generation of products. This is a small, senior, hands-on team where speed of iteration is the core value. We are looking for a Robotics Lead to own the architecture and delivery of our humanoid robot end to end. You will set the technical direction, make the hard system-level trade-offs, and act as the integration authority across mechanical, electrical, embedded, control, and AI teams - while keeping the program moving at prototype speed., * Own the full system architecture: DOF budget, torque/mass targets, kinematic layout, compute and power architecture * Act as the integration authority between hardware, embedded, control, simulation, and AI teams - own every cross-domain interface * Define the roadmap and milestones (first joint, first leg on dyno, first stand, first steps) and drive the team to hit them * Make build-vs-buy decisions for actuators, sensors, and compute together with the sourcing and actuation teams * Absorb program management: planning, prioritization, risk tracking, and reporting to leadership * Set the engineering culture: fast iteration, rigorous documentation, and clean handoff of the platform to product teams * Hire, mentor, and grow the team ## Related Videos - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [The QUEST for Better Software](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/721-the-quest-for-better-software) - [Robots are coming into the wild! 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