Senior Software Engineering Manager (Execution Systems) - Robotics Fleet Orchestration

rapyuta robotics • Japan

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Lead the development of execution systems for robot fleet orchestration, ensuring real-time dispatch, traffic control, and fleet management across ASRS and AMR products. Own end-to-end delivery from roadmap to production, with a focus on quality, reliability, and scalable system design. Mentor teams, hire talent, and drive technical excellence in a fast-growing robotics startup.

Key Highlights

Own end-to-end execution systems for robot fleet orchestration, including orchestration, dispatch, traffic control, and fleet management.

Ensure stable interfaces between planning layer and robot behavior control, enabling independent evolution of both systems.

Lead squads of 1-2 engineers, hire talent, and foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement orchestration, dispatch, traffic control, fleet management, and robot state machines for warehouse automation systems.

Define, review, and maintain stable interfaces between the planning layer and robot behavior control systems.

Practice test-driven development and automate testing at all layers, ensuring quality as a default rather than a final gate.

Ensure production reliability, fault handling, recovery mechanisms, and degraded modes for live sites.

Drive testing, observability, and incident response to maintain system performance and reliability.

Translate roadmaps and customer deployments into actionable plans for engineering squads and ensure predictable releases.

Collaborate closely with mechatronics, systems, and field teams to address operational challenges.

Lead 1-2 squads, hire engineers, provide timely feedback, address underperformance, and grow future tech leads.

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Technical Skills Required

Real-time Systems Design State Machines & Control Systems Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation package

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Flexible working hours and dress code policy

Japanese Social Security (Health Insurance, Pension, Employment Insurance)

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Nice to Have

Experience with ISA-95 (IEC 62264) and MES/WCS layer design

Formal modeling of enterprise systems (e.g., state machines, process/data models)

Experience scaling systems for enterprise-level data and execution

Exposure to customer site commissioning, field issues, or operations support

Job Description

Rapyuta Robotics, an ETH Zurich spinoff headquartered in Tokyo, operates with the goal of making robots more accessible to anyone in the logistics industry. We seek individuals who believe that collaborative work leads to more effective and sustainable outcomes, and who are fearless in challenging limits, whether within themselves or in their surroundings.

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