Lead the fleet-software team. Robots are in warehouses already. The software team needs a manager who still reads the design docs.
Illustrative photo, Wikimedia Commons. Not Sable Robotics.
Discipline
Engineering
Place
New York
Type
Permanent
Salary
$190–220k
The company
Sable builds warehouse robots and the software that schedules them. The fleet team is eight engineers, a mix of robotics-adjacent backend and a thin operator UI. The last manager moved into product.
The team
Eight engineers, one TPM. You report to the VP engineering. On-call exists and is paid. You are not the escalation for every page.
First months
Learn the on-call shape, unstick one hire, and reset planning so the team stops starting eight things.
The work
Run a team that ships fleet software used on night shifts
Hire two seniors without lowering the bar because a robot demo is looming
Keep design docs short and decisions written down
Partner with robotics leads without pretending to be one
You will likely have
Managed engineers who ship production software
You can still review a design, even if you no longer merge daily
New York hybrid, three days in the office
Calm in incidents. The warehouses do not pause for standup
Two doors. Same desk.
Hiring managers send a brief. Candidates send a CV. A person reads both.
