--- title: 'Engineering Lead – Platform & SRE at Kerrigan Robotics' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-lead-platform-sre-kerrigan-robotics-santa-clara-nfw02d3wbdf5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Engineering Lead – Platform & SRE at Kerrigan Robotics - **Company:** Kerrigan Robotics - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA - **Compensation:** $175k–$215k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-05-05 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/kerrigan-robotics/am9icG9zdDpgU_W_9rVoOD87meU4jhug ## Job description ## The Role As the Engineering Lead for Platform, you own the “how” of our delivery. You bridge the gap between code and runtime, ensuring our systems are deployable anywhere—from an ephemeral cloud cluster for a sales demo to a ruggedized Industrial PC (IPC) on a factory floor. You will build the foundation that enables both internal developers and external customers to move fast and with confidence. ## Key Responsibilities ● Hybrid Infrastructure: Architect a unified deployment model using Pulumi and Kubernetes that spans AWS/GCP/Azure and on-premise bare metal. ● Turnkey Hardware: Lead the effort to package our software into hardware solutions (Industrial PCs and rack-based deployments). ● CI/CD Leadership: Build next-gen pipelines in GitHub Actions that handle complex builds, including future Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing. ● Reliability: Define the observability and operation standards (Prometheus, Grafana, OIDC) for our "Application Cells." ## Requirements ● Experience: 5+ years in SRE/DevOps ● K8s Mastery: Deep knowledge of K8s internals, CNIs, and multi-cluster management. ● Automation: Expert in Pulumi or Terraform, and Helm. ● Systems Thinking: Proficiency in Go and a strong grasp of Linux networking and certificate management. ● Edge Knowledge: Experience with "Edge" or on-premise software delivery is a massive plus. ## About Kerrigan Robotics ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Kerrigan Robotics builds an AI-powered, robot‑agnostic orchestration platform that unifies and controls heterogeneous factory robots and automation systems, enabling manufacturers to launch robotics in weeks instead of months. - **Entity Type**: Private (Early-stage startup, backed by venture capital) - **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States - **Founded**: 2025 - **Founders**: Sanjay Lal (Co-Founder & CEO) and Mohamad Fayez Taha (Co-Founder & CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Industrial automation, robotics integration, manufacturing software, agentic AI for factory floors. - **Target customers**: B2B – large-scale manufacturers in semiconductor, food & beverage, automotive, and logistics sectors; system integrators. - **Mission/purpose**: To close the “Physical AI Deployment Gap” by providing an agentic AI nervous system for manufacturing that orchestrates all robots and automation systems seamlessly. ## Products & Services - **Kerrigan Overmind Platform**: A unified, vendor-agnostic orchestration layer that manages the entire automation lifecycle – from design to 24/7 operations. It integrates with PLCs, robots (AGVs/AMRs/tuggers/forklifts/drones), MES/WMS/ERP systems, and provides real‑time monitoring, digital twins, and robot traffic optimization. - **Ask the Line AI**: An AI-powered diagnostic and troubleshooting tool that helps operators identify and resolve issues on the factory floor in seconds. - **Custom Dashboards & Analytics**: AI-generated dashboards and analytics for plant performance, fleet management, and uptime optimization. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not disclosed; backed by notable venture firms (see below). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Transition Ventures, Overture Ventures, Foothill Ventures, WovenEarth Ventures ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kerrigan-robotics_kerrigan-robotics-is-excited-to-announce-activity-7441688199036497920-WmTl)). - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount growth of +4.2% monthly (19 employees as of early 2026) ([linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics)). - LinkedIn followers grew +24.8% to 907 ([linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics)). - Founding team includes veterans from Tesla who previously orchestrated thousands of robots and controlled over $5 billion in equipment with zero downtime ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kerrigan-robotics_kerrigan-robotics-is-excited-to-announce-activity-7441688199036497920-WmTl)). - Already serving large clients in semiconductor, food & beverage, and automotive sectors ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kerrigan-robotics_kerrigan-robotics-is-excited-to-announce-activity-7441688199036497920-WmTl)). ## Competitive Advantages - **Robot‑agnostic platform**: Works with any brand of mobile robots, PLCs, and industrial equipment – avoids vendor lock-in. - **Rapid deployment**: Reduces custom programming, slashing deployment from months to weeks. - **Industrial AI pedigree**: Core team built and operated large‑scale robotic fleets at Tesla, giving deep domain expertise in high‑stakes manufacturing environments. - **Agentic AI nervous system**: Combines LLMs, vision models, and real‑time orchestration to enable “Industrial Reasoning” – not just automation but intelligent decision‑making on the line. ## Strategic Focus - Scaling the platform from early adopters (semiconductor, F&B, automotive) into broader manufacturing and logistics verticals. - Expanding the engineering team to accelerate product development and customer deployments. - Building out sales and integration capabilities to close the “Physical AI Deployment Gap” for more factories. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Early‑stage startup with a veteran team from Tesla, Google, Rivian, and CARIAD – strong emphasis on technical excellence and real‑world impact. - **Work policy**: Hybrid – employees work from the Santa Clara office with typical on‑site expectations ([builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics)). - **Engineering focus**: Greenfield development of a mission‑critical platform; stack includes Go, Python, Kubernetes, NVIDIA Orin/Jetson, gRPC, NATS/RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, and AI/ML frameworks. - **Open roles** (as of early 2026): Engineering Lead – Platform & SRE, Backend Software Engineer, Senior Robotics Integration Engineer, Applied AI Software Engineer ([builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics/jobs)). - **Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge industrial AI, influence product direction, and collaborate with a globally distributed team (Lebanon, US, France, UK). ## Sources 1. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics) – Company profile, workforce data, tech stack 2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics) – Company overview, culture, office policy 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/kerrigan-robotics/jobs) – Job listings and descriptions 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kerrigan-robotics_kerrigan-robotics-is-excited-to-announce-activity-7441688199036497920-WmTl) – CEO announcement, investor details, product description ## Other roles at Kerrigan Robotics - [Backend Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/backend-software-engineer-kerrigan-robotics-santa-clara-g8nb7aabjqrg) — Santa Clara, CA - [Senior Robotics Integration Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-robotics-integration-engineer-kerrigan-robotics-santa-clara-8nx9kww31qrw) — Santa Clara, CA - [Applied AI Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/applied-ai-software-engineer-kerrigan-robotics-santa-clara-vkmy41eba5mv) — Santa Clara, CA