The AI Lead at Sunrise Robotics will lead the AI team in building and deploying intelligent robotic systems that enhance manufacturing processes. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for setting technical direction, managing team performance, and ensuring reliable deployment of AI systems in real-world production environments. Sunrise Robotics is dedicated to augmenting humanity through intelligent robotics and making automation economically viable and accessible for all manufacturers.
What You'll Do
- Build, lead, and scale a high-performing AI team, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
- Set and evolve the technical direction for perception and AI-driven motion control
- Own execution of the AI roadmap, ensuring delivery against clear priorities and timelines
- Architect AI systems and infrastructure across training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
- Oversee development of end-to-end ML systems running in production environments
- Ensure high standards of engineering quality, reliability, and operational performance across the team
- Drive integration of synthetic data, simulation, and real-world data into development workflows
- Collaborate with robotics, simulation, and deployment teams to bring AI systems into real-world operation
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience leading AI or ML teams with clear ownership of delivery and outcomes
- Strong track record of building and deploying production-grade ML systems
- Experience hiring, mentoring, and growing high-performing engineering teams
- Ability to define technical direction and translate it into execution
- Deep expertise in machine learning or computer vision, including 2D/3D perception systems
- Strong proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and modern computer vision frameworks
- Strong understanding of model training, optimisation, deployment, and monitoring
- Experience with MLOps tooling (e.g. MLflow, W&B, ClearML, or similar)
- Experience working with real-world data pipelines and production constraints
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to align teams and stakeholders
Nice to Have
- Experience leading AI teams in robotics or embodied AI environments
- Experience with synthetic data generation and domain adaptation
- Experience deploying and monitoring reinforcement learning systems in production
- Familiarity with ROS2, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
- Experience working with NVIDIA edge devices or robotics stacks
- Experience integrating perception systems with real-world hardware
Technical Stack
- Python
- PyTorch
- MLflow
- W&B
- ClearML
- ROS2
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- GCP
- NVIDIA edge devices
Team & Environment
The AI team is a multidisciplinary team structured across computer vision, deep learning, and robotics, reporting directly to the founders and leadership. We are building the strategically crucial components for autonomous, intelligent agents of the future.
Benefits & Compensation
- High exposure: Work directly with founders and leadership to define AI strategy and build the team
- Career acceleration: Own and scale the AI function in a category-defining robotics company
- Real impact: Lead the development of AI systems that run in production and directly enable robot autonomy and performance
Work Mode
Local-country role based in Europe, with the expectation to work directly with founders and leadership to define AI strategy and build the team.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities.
