Senior Program Manager - Physical AI & Robotics

📍 Hyderabad, India | Full-time

Robotics and Physical AI are moving from demos to the real world.Our students must not just learn robotics; they must build, compete, and win.

This role exists to turn ambition into execution.

You will lead Robotics & Physical AI programs that produce competition-ready teams, working hardware systems, and real societal-impact projects — not PPTs.

If you enjoy shipping under pressure, mentoring builders, and winning international competitions/hackhathons, this role is for you.

If you prefer comfort, theory, or slow consensus, it’s not for for you.

You will be accountable for outcomes, not activities.

• Build and train student teams for national competitions

• Ensure the student teams reach finals

• Raise the bar for hardware-backed Physical AI solutions

• Drive 100+ real, execution-focused student projects

• Push teams beyond demos into:

  • Sensors → perception → control → action

• Identify projects worthy of incubation or further funding

• Ensure Robotics / Physical AI labs across campuses are:

  • Live

  • Reliable

  • Actively used

• No shelfware. No excuses.

• Convert workshops into:

  • Project teams

  • Competition submissions

• Build a culture of tinkering, iteration, and accountability

• Lead engineers, trainers, and program managers

• Set clear expectations, weekly cadence, and quality bars

• Step in when things break — and make sure they don’t break again

You are likely a strong fit if you:

• Ability to build AI-first platforms to manage and support student teams.

• Have built or shipped real systems, not just reviewed them

• Enjoy deadlines, demos, and visible outcomes

• Get energy from working with early-stage builders

• Can switch between strategy and hands-on problem solving

• Care deeply about quality, ownership, and follow-through

You do not need to be the best coder in the room —but you must know what good looks like and how to get there.

• 7–12 years of experience in robotics, Physical AI, hardware systems, or deep-tech programs

• Experience leading programs or teams, not just tasks

• Exposure to hardware–software integration

• Comfort operating under unclear, fast-moving conditions

• Hackathons, competitions, demo days, or high-stakes delivery

• Working experience in Robotics/IoT/physical AI startups

• Teaching, mentoring, or coaching builders

We care more about recent execution than total years of experience.

This role is not for you if:

• You prefer research papers over shipped systems

• You want clear instructions before acting

• You enjoy managing without owning outcomes

• You haven’t built or delivered anything meaningful in the last 1–2 years

• Student teams win or place in national competitions

• Labs are buzzing with builders, not locked rooms

• Projects have real demos, real failures, and real learning

• Your team runs independently, with high standards

• You can point to clear, undeniable outcomes

If reading this made you feel energized, we should talk.