Head of Deployment

Location: Zurich (with frequent travel across Europe)
Type: Full-time, permanent
Salary: Competitive salary, equity, and benefits

About the Company

This VC-backed robotics startup, originating from leading European research, is building the next generation of plug-and-play robots designed to transform logistics and material handling. Their systems bring a new level of autonomy and adaptability to real-world industrial environments—redefining how goods are sorted, stacked, and moved.

As they scale across Europe, the company is expanding its operations and deployment function to ensure seamless delivery of their robotics solutions to customers in logistics, warehousing, and parcel automation.

The Role

The company is seeking a Head of Deployment to lead and grow its European deployment operations. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution—you’ll oversee multiple site deployments while shaping the processes, teams, and standards that underpin successful rollouts.

You’ll work at the intersection of robotics, logistics, and customer delivery, ensuring each deployment runs smoothly from planning through commissioning. The ideal candidate thrives in dynamic environments, balances field experience with organisational leadership, and takes pride in delivering exceptional customer outcomes.

What You’ll Do

• Lead planning and execution of robotic system deployments across Europe, ensuring high-quality delivery and customer satisfaction.

• Build and manage a high-performing deployment team, recruiting, mentoring, and developing engineers as the company grows.

• Act as the technical lead on-site during installations, commissioning, and handovers.

• Serve as the key interface between customers and internal teams, ensuring deployments meet operational requirements.

• Gather field insights and feed them back into engineering and product teams to drive system reliability and innovation.

• Establish and refine deployment processes, documentation, and best practices to enable repeatable, scalable delivery.

• Represent the company at customer pilots, demos, and industry events.

What We’re Looking For

Required

• Proven experience deploying and commissioning robotic, automation, or material-handling systems in industrial environments.

• Strong understanding of mechatronics, sensors, networking, and control systems.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deployment projects simultaneously.

• Leadership experience, including mentoring and building teams.

• Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills for both hardware and software issues.

• Excellent communication skills; fluent in English.

• Willingness to travel frequently across Europe (up to 50%).

Nice to Have

• Experience in logistics or parcel automation environments.

• Familiarity with Linux or modern deployment toolchains.

• Proficiency in German or another European language.

• Valid driver’s licence.

Why Join?

• Take a central role in scaling a function critical to the company’s success.

• Work at the cutting edge of robotics and autonomy with real-world impact.

• Join a passionate, collaborative team supported by world-class investors.

• Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package.

• Hybrid working across Zurich and customer sites, with opportunities to travel and build meaningful partnerships across Europe.