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# Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering at Serve Robotics

- **Company:** Serve Robotics
- **Location:** Redwood City, CA
- **Compensation:** $214k–$255k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/serverobotics/d18c4b1d-8209-4c30-b5cd-a52718dde798

## Job description

At Serve Robotics, we’re reimagining how things move in cities. Our personable sidewalk robot is our vision for the future. It’s designed to take deliveries away from congested streets, make deliveries available to more people, and benefit local businesses. The Serve fleet has been delighting merchants, customers, and pedestrians along the way in Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago while doing commercial deliveries. We’re looking for talented individuals who will grow robotic deliveries from surprising novelty to efficient ubiquity.

## Who We Are

We are tech industry veterans in software, hardware, and design who are pooling our skills to build the future we want to live in. We are solving real-world problems leveraging robotics, machine learning and computer vision, among other disciplines, with a mindful eye towards the end-to-end user experience. Our team is agile, diverse, and driven. We believe that the best way to solve complicated dynamic problems is collaboratively and respectfully.

The Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering leads a team of hardware engineers responsible for designing, developing, validating, and delivering electrical and electronic systems that power Serve's autonomous robotic platform. This role provides both people leadership and technical guidance, ensuring high-quality engineering execution while developing team capability, driving cross-functional collaboration, and delivering hardware programs that support Serve's product roadmap. The Senior Manager partners closely with Mechanical Engineering, Embedded Software, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, Product, and Operations to execute complex hardware development efforts from concept through production.

## Responsibilities

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of hardware engineers by providing regular feedback, career development, performance management, and technical mentorship.
- Manage team priorities, project assignments, and resource allocation to deliver hardware programs aligned with product and business objectives.
- Provide technical leadership for the design, development, integration, and validation of complex electrical and electronic systems for autonomous robotic platforms.
- Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure successful integration of hardware, firmware, software, mechanical, and systems components.
- Lead engineering planning, technical reviews, and project execution to deliver programs on schedule while maintaining quality, reliability, and performance expectations.
- Identify technical and program risks, establish mitigation plans, and remove obstacles that impact engineering execution.
- Drive engineering best practices across design reviews, validation processes, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support manufacturing readiness by ensuring hardware designs meet cost, quality, reliability, and production requirements.
- Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define project priorities, timelines, and engineering deliverables.
- Participate in hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, and organizational development activities to build a high-performing engineering team.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related engineering discipline.
- 8+ years of experience developing complex electromechanical, robotics, automotive, aerospace, or similar hardware systems.
- 3+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience leading engineering teams.
- Experience delivering hardware products from concept through production.
- Strong technical background in hardware design, PCB development, embedded electronics, sensors, power systems, motor control, and system integration.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering projects involving hardware, software, manufacturing, and systems engineering.
- Strong project planning, prioritization, and execution skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and build high-performing teams.

What Makes You Stand Out

- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related engineering discipline.
- Experience developing autonomous systems, robotics, drones, automotive, or other safety-critical electromechanical products.
- Experience supporting products through manufacturing scale-up and production.
- Experience working with international engineering teams or manufacturing partners.
- Experience in a high-growth technology or startup environment.

Additional Information This role may require periodic travel to engineering sites, manufacturing facilities, suppliers, and field operations to support hardware development, testing, and production activities. Occasional work outside standard business hours may be required to support critical project milestones or product releases.

## About Serve Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Serve Robotics develops and operates AI-powered, low-emission autonomous sidewalk robots for last-mile delivery, primarily for food and retail.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: SERV, IPO March 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2021 (spun out of Postmates / Uber)
- **Founders**: Ali Kashani (Co-founder, CEO), Touraj Parang (Co-founder, President & COO), Euan Abraham (Co-founder & VP of Software), Dmitry Demeshchuk (Co-founder & VP of Product and Design)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Autonomous vehicle technology / Robotics / Last-mile delivery logistics
- **Target customers**: B2B — enterprise partners like Uber Eats and 7-Eleven; also directly serves restaurants and local businesses via robots
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We go beyond self interest, always taking our community into account. We empower each other with trust and autonomy to solve big problems and build a sustainable future.”

## Products & Services
- **Serve Autonomous Delivery Robot**: Level 4 autonomous sidewalk robot designed for contactless delivery. Cargo capacity suitable for food and small goods, operates at walking speed, 98% lower CO₂ emissions than a car.
- **Delivery-as-a-Service**: End-to-end robotic delivery service integrated with Uber Eats and other platforms. Robots are deployed in fleets, managed remotely by Serve’s operations team.
- **Proprietary Autonomy Software & Data Flywheel**: End-to-end perception, planning, and control stack trained on real-world delivery data.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: ~$336.6 million (as of mid-2025) – market cap fluctuates with stock price (currently ~$7.95/share)
- **Key Metric** (Private funding & public revenue): Total Funding $397.7 million; Annual Revenue ~$2.7 million (based on 2024/2025 data)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: NVIDIA (lead investor in venture round), Uber (corporate round & commercial partner), Magna International (manufacturing partner), 7-Eleven (enterprise customer)
- **Growth Signals**: Fleet grew to 400+ robots across five U.S. metros (LA, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago); over 100,000 deliveries completed; signed contract with Uber Eats to deploy up to 2,000 robots; headcount grew 102.9% YoY to 303 employees; active job postings up 43.9% YoY.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Level 4 autonomy**: One of the first AV companies to achieve true Level 4 autonomy in sidewalk delivery.
- **Low‑emission, pedestrian‑scale design**: Robots emit 98% less CO₂, weigh 90% less, and have 99% less kinetic energy than a car — enabling regulatory acceptance and community goodwill.
- **Exclusive partnerships**: Multi‑year commercial agreement with Uber Eats (up to 2,000 robots) and presence on 7-Eleven’s delivery network.
- **Manufacturing scale**: Partnership with Magna International (Tier 1 automotive supplier) ensures high‑volume production quality.
- **Patent portfolio**: CEO Ali Kashani holds 26+ patents in robotics and AI.

## Strategic Focus
- **Nationwide scale‑up**: Expanding to additional U.S. markets beyond the current five metros.
- **Fleet density**: Increasing robot count per market to improve service economics and delivery density.
- **Data flywheel**: Using real‑world delivery data to improve autonomy, reduce cost per mile, and unlock new use cases.
- **Manufacturing ramp**: Scaling production line with Magna to reduce unit cost and increase deployment speed.
- **New verticals**: Exploring grocery, retail, and other last‑mile categories beyond restaurant delivery.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: Mission‑driven, collaborative, trust‑based culture. Core values include “Deliver delight,” “Empower people,” and “Be mission driven.” Employees report high autonomy and a focus on sustainability.
- **Growth trajectory**: Headcount grew 102% in the last year; 59 active job postings across engineering, operations, product, and finance.
- **Work environment**: Hybrid/office presence in Los Angeles (HQ); operations roles require field work. Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible for engineering.
- **Notable perks & recognition**: Fast Company “15 Tech Startups to Watch” (2022), TED Conference featured talk (2020), EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Bay Area Award (2025). Strong alumni pipeline from Uber, Cruise, Apple, Amazon — learning from top robotics talent.
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on building safe, real‑world autonomous systems. Tech stack includes AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and cloud infrastructure.

## Sources
1. [serverobotics.com](https://www.serverobotics.com/)
2. [serverobotics.com/company](https://www.serverobotics.com/company/index.html)
3. [serverobotics.com/careers](https://www.serverobotics.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com/company/serverobotics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/serverobotics)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/serverobotics](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/serverobotics)

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