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title: 'Business Development Lead at Humble Robotics'
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# Business Development Lead at Humble Robotics

- **Company:** Humble Robotics
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/humble-robotics/682092af-efea-46bd-b72d-16ee45dae9ab

## Job description

## About Humble Robotics

Working at Humble Robotics means taking on the biggest change in ground transportation in decades. We're building an autonomous, zero-emissions hauler that dramatically lowers the cost of freight with groundbreaking vision-based AI, designed for today's global logistics network. We're a fast-moving, close-knit team of AV industry veterans and innovative thinkers. We don't believe culture can be engineered – but when it falls into place, it's a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Progress has never felt so present.

## About The Role

We're looking for a generalist business development operator to work directly with the Head of Commercialization on the deals that define the company. This is not a quota-carrying seat selling a finished product; it is a first-BD-hire role structuring first-of-kind agreements: enterprise design partnerships, milestone-gated ramp commitments, and the data partnerships that put our sensor kits on host fleets. You can build the deal model, draft the term sheet, run the negotiation alongside the CCO, and open the next door yourself. High ambiguity, high ownership, direct exposure to every strategic account in the pipeline.

Our goal  is that the person who fills this role would primarily work from Humble Robotics’ San Francisco office 5 days a week. We aim to create an in office environment that fosters a collaborative, generative atmosphere where the team can build together. We will also consider remote candidates based in the Chicago or Los Angeles for this position.

## What You’ll Do

- Partner with the Head of Commercialization to structure enterprise agreements: design partnerships, through multi-year ramp commitments
- Create and negotiate data partnerships, including host-fleet sensor programs and the freight and lane-data structures around them
- Build and run pursuit plans for strategic accounts across verticals
- Open doors for Humble through all channels including conferences, warm networks, and direct outreach that lands meetings with fleet, port, and enterprise supply chain executives
- Flex into strategy with deal modeling, pricing analysis, and partner materials

## What You Bring

- 6+ years in business development, corporate development, partnerships, or enterprise sales in logistics, transportation, industrial technology, or an adjacent field
- Evidence of structuring novel or first-of-kind commercial agreements, not only selling an established product against a price list
- Strong modeling skills: you can build the deal economics and mark up the term sheet and have the ability to articulate to a wide range of stakeholders (manufacturers, government agencies, port terminals, and many more)
- A track record of generating your own pipeline and operating independently in ambiguity
- Willingness to travel to customer sites regularly
- Eligible to work in the United States

Bonus Points

- Freight, supply chain, or fleet domain experience
- Experience with data, technology, or strategic partnerships
- Early employee experience at a venture-backed company, building the function from zero
- Comfort working on a small team with high ownership, low ego, and fast iteration

We operate in a a fast-moving field, and we don't expect any one candidate to tick every box above. If you're excited about building the systems that enable autonomous trucks to get safely on the road, and your background covers most — but not all — of what we've listed, we'd still love to hear from you. Humble Robotics is built by people who grew into the hardest problems in this field, not just people who'd already solved them.

## Compensation

This role is eligible for base salary + benefits + equity compensation. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including qualifications, skills, experience, and location.

## Perks and Benefits

- Competitive compensation and equity
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage for full-time employees
- Take what you need vacation policy
- Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks and weekly catered meals
- Collaborative in office environment located in San Francisco

Humble Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. Humble Robotics will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with local ordinances. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please let our Talent team know. As part of the interview process, we may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to compare your qualifications and experience to the job description. A human reviews all AI output and makes a final hiring decision. Humble Robotics does not rely on the output to make any employment decisions. Some applicants may have a legal right to opt-out of the use of AI as part of our interview process. Contact legal@humblerobotics.ai to exercise this right or if you have further questions on the use of AI tools in our hiring process.

## About Humble Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Humble Robotics develops fully autonomous, electric Class 8 haulers to decarbonize and lower the cost of commercial freight transportation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2026
- **Founders**: Eyal Cohen

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Autonomous vehicles, Robotics, Logistics, Freight transportation
- Target customers: Enterprise logistics providers, freight carriers, and global supply chain networks (B2B)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Decarbonizing freight transportation, the backbone of global supply chains but also a major contributor to greenhouse gases."

## Products & Services
- **[Humble Hauler]**: A fully autonomous, electric Class 8 hauler designed for dock-to-dock freight movement. It is cabless, features 360º visibility, and uses vision-first autonomy (vision-language-action models) on a low-cost, flexible hardware platform that supports multiple vehicle configurations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: $24 million in total funding (Seed round)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Eclipse (lead investor), Energy Impact Partners. Backed by veteran industry advisors.
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2026 and already raised a $24M seed round; team of 26 employees; actively hiring for 13+ open roles in engineering and autonomy. Has launched initial pilots with leading logistics partners toward commercial deployment.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Purpose-built, cabless design**: Removing the front cab enables 360º visibility and lowers structural costs.
- **Vision-first autonomy (VLA models)**: Uses advanced physical AI that adapts to complex, real-world logistics scenarios.
- **Experienced team**: Hails from companies like Google, Uber, Apple, Tesla, and Rivian, with deep expertise in autonomy and trucking.
- **End-to-end focus**: Targeting a complete dock-to-dock solution, not just highway autonomy, differentiating from many autonomous trucking competitors.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue development of the autonomous hauler platform.
- Launch and scale initial pilot programs with logistics partners.
- Move toward early-stage manufacturing and broader commercial deployment.
- Grow the engineering team across autonomy, hardware, and software disciplines.

## Why Work Here
- **Team & Culture**: Described as a "fast-moving, close-knit team of AV industry veterans and innovative thinkers" with a "high responsibility, high reward" ethos. Emphasizes "fun, challenging problems" and "brilliant talent to learn from."
- **Work Model**: On-site in San Francisco. Flexible work schedules and "amazing benefits" are advertised. Office is located at the "center of AV innovation."
- **Engineering Culture**: 59% of the workforce is in technical roles. Actively recruiting for engineers in autonomy, simulation, embedded systems, vehicle systems, hardware validation, data engineering, and more. Works with a modern tech stack including Python, PyTorch, CUDA, Linux, Bazel, Terraform, and simulation tools.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Early-stage company tackling a massive challenge (decarbonizing freight), offering high ownership and impact from day one.

## Sources
1. [humblerobotics.ai - Company Page](https://humblerobotics.ai/company)
2. [humblerobotics.ai - Careers Page](https://humblerobotics.ai/careers)
3. [LinkedIn - Humble Robotics](https://linkedin.com/company/humblerobotics)
4. [Built In - Humble Robotics](https://builtin.com/company/humble-robotics)
5. [Lever - Humble Robotics Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/humble-robotics)

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