Commercial Prototype Manager

Posted 2 Days Ago
Be an Early Applicant
Sunnyvale, CA
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Automation • Manufacturing
The Role
The Commercial Prototype Manager is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining physical replica environments for robots in commercial and retail spaces. This role involves managing suppliers, coordinating timelines, and leading a team to execute multiple workcells that the robots will operate on, with a focus on creativity and problem-solving.
Summary Generated by Built In

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. 

The Commercial Prototype Manager will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining physical replica environments for commercial and retail applications. This includes managing suppliers, delivery dates, and a team of technicians to deliver many workcells for the robots to operate upon. 

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining all physical replicas of customer environments and retail environments within which the robot will operate 
    • Determines what materials are needed, how to get them, what timelines can be achieved, and how big of a supporting team is needed to execute
  • Must be able to replicate these environments with imperfect information and make them consistent across many workcells 
  • Responsible for building other materials that are customized to allow the robot to do certain use cases (i.e. a custom transportation rig if a customer hallway is especially narrow, etc)

Requirements: 

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Minimum of 7-10 years prototyping experience 
  • Ability to work with suppliers and timelines for materials 
  • Ability to fabricate both mechanical and electrical structures 
  • Ability to creatively design new physical structures to solve customer needs 

Bonus Qualifications: 

  • PLC, IT recreation experience 
  • Military experience

Top Skills

Plc
The Company
86 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2022

What We Do

Figure is an AI Robotics company building the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Similar Jobs

Figure.ai Logo Figure.ai

Commercial Prototype Manager

Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Automation • Manufacturing
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
86 Employees

Warner Bros. Discovery Logo Warner Bros. Discovery

Administrative Assistant, Executive Offices

Artificial Intelligence • Digital Media • Gaming • Machine Learning • News + Entertainment • Software
Hybrid
Burbank, CA, USA
40000 Employees
47K-88K Annually

Warner Bros. Discovery Logo Warner Bros. Discovery

Sr Manager, DEI Business Partner, North America

Artificial Intelligence • Digital Media • Gaming • Machine Learning • News + Entertainment • Software
Hybrid
Burbank, CA, USA
40000 Employees
110K-204K Annually

Roblox Logo Roblox

Manager, Public Policy and US State Strategy

Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
Hybrid
San Mateo, CA, USA
2500 Employees
193K-232K Annually

Similar Companies Hiring

General Motors Thumbnail
Transportation • Software • Robotics • Manufacturing • Information Technology • Big Data • Automotive
Palo Alto, CA
165000 Employees
PwC Thumbnail
Professional Services • Generative AI • Cybersecurity • Consulting • Business Intelligence • Artificial Intelligence
San Francisco, CA
364000 Employees
Resident Thumbnail
Retail • Manufacturing • eCommerce
San Francisco, CA
322 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account