20.02.2026

Kyiv

The UGV Team Lead will oversee the technical maturity, reliability, and combat readiness of unmanned ground vehicle platforms. This role focuses on the evolution, adaptation, and field-hardening of baseline platforms, transforming engineering work into stable, maintainable, and scalable combat systems. The Lead will manage an engineering team, prioritize tasks based on frontline requirements, and ensure product reliability and compatibility across various systems.

Platform Ownership & Maturation

  • Full responsibility for the suitability of UGV platforms for production and combat operations
  • Driving platforms to full combat readiness and stability
  • Controlling the quality of all platform changes and modifications

Engineering Execution & Coordination

  • Leading the engineering team (mechanical, electronic/hardware, embedded, RF)
  • Prioritizing tasks based on frontline requirements
  • Aligning technical changes with the CTO and core engineering teams

Field Adaptation & Reliability

  • Improving and adapting platforms for real combat conditions
  • Analyzing failures, defects, and performance degradation
  • Continuously increasing platform reliability and maintainability

Cross-Team Collaboration

  • Working closely with Integration, Customization, Field Testing, and Deployment teams
  • Іmplementing field feedback into technical solutions that improve the product
  • Ensuring UGV compatibility with control and communication systems

Lifecycle & Support Readiness

  • Preparing platforms for serial production and long-term operation
  • Standardizing components, repair procedures, and maintenance processes
  • Managing spare parts and technical documentation
  • Developing and preparing technical documentation for further testing and codification (if required), including technical descriptions, manuals, and instructions

  • Deep understanding of mechanical, electronic, embedded, and RF systems
  • Experience working with robotic or vehicle platforms
  • Strong engineering and systems thinking skills
  • Experience with combat or field-deployed systems
  • Strong management and leadership capabilities
  • Ability to make decisions under pressure
  • Results-driven mindset with strong focus on product reliability
  • Experience in defense, robotics, or other mission-critical environments — a strong advantage

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  • 20 paid days off
  • paid sick leave
  • competitive salary
  • reservation from mobilization

ARK robotics
https://ark-robotics.com/

Building a new medium for human-machines collaboration We are entering a new era of mass use of robotics systems on the battlefield and core industries. It requires a new type of platforms to enable use of thousands different autonomous vehicles working together in realtime. The decision making speed of such platform will greatly exceed any existing human-in-the-loop systems and create true asymmetrical advantage for it's users. It also posses a new set of security challenges and requires radically new hardware and interfaces. We are building core foundational technologies to power multi-system autonomous fleets of the future. Our products asymmetrically expand the number of parallel real-time missions per operator and work as an integrated solution ready to be deployed for most critical use-cases. Ark was founded to use these technologies to protect the light of consciousness and expand it across the universe. We stand with free people of Earth and dare to dream of the stars.