# Director of Engineering, Physical AI at Scale

- Company: Scale
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Index and Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.scale.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4718618005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/scale-director-of-engineering-physical-ai/

## About the role

The Director of Engineering will report to the General Manager of Physical AI, and will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary engineering organization. In this senior leadership role, you will own the execution of the Physical AI Data Engine — the platform powering the next generation of Physical AI/Embodied AI. You will collaborate closely with Operations and GTM to guide product direction and help solve the data bottleneck that stands between today's robotics research and real-world deployment.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Experience leading technical execution for complex hardware-software systems, with deep domain knowledge in Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision, and/or Machine Learning strongly preferred
- Deep fluency in the ML development lifecycle — training pipelines, data flywheels, and evaluation frameworks as systems you've built and owned
- Comfortable leading teams across Python, C++, and TypeScript/Node stacks, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes), and workflow orchestration (Temporal, Airflow)
- Proven ability to independently navigate, execute effectively amidst ambiguity, and strong attention to detail
- Strong operator and communicator to create tight feedback loops between teams, surface problems early, and drive decisions with clarity across technical and executive audiences

Tags: Physical AI Engineering