Vice President of Embodied AI

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Vice President of Embodied AI to lead the "brain" and "nervous system" of our humanoid robots. This role owns the company's AI strategy and the core AI and controls organization — real-time controls, whole-body reinforcement learning, dexterous manipulation, VLA post-training, and agentic autonomy — with a primary mandate to unify these stacks into a single, coherent system that performs reliable, useful work for our customers. You will lead a world-class, multi-disciplinary organization of 45+ engineers and researchers. You will own the overarching technical AI strategy and data collection strategy, and serve as a crucial voice in executive discussions on the product and technology roadmap. We are looking for a unique hybrid: a recognized thought leader in the embodied AI research community who possesses the hard-won pragmatism and engineering rigor required to ship physical products to commercial customers.