Director of Robotics

Director of Robotics

Location: Wichita, KS (onsite)

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

About SippTech

SippTech is reshaping how the world renews its most critical infrastructure — our water systems. Our Manufactured In-Place Composite Pipe (MICP) technology transforms deteriorating pipelines into fully structural, high-performance systems, installed robotically from the inside. No excavation. No disruption. Maximum integrity.

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Our mission is simple but important:

 Integrity Renewed.

Our vision is clear and ambitious:

Combining proven principles with modern methods and materials, SippTech delivers the market’s only water pipeline rehabilitation solution capable of scaling as fast as the 2.2 million miles of crumbling infrastructure. 

Our strategy is core: Build Trust

We’re building more than technology. We’re building trust — through demonstrated results, clear communication, and endorsement from those who share our mission to modernize water systems for generations to come.

For over a decade, SippTech has been establishing innovative methods and intellectual property, meeting, exceeding and establishing new compliance standards, and delivering pilot projects to build trust. That decade — from prototype to production, from field trial to full-scale deployment — has built the foundation for the next generation of intelligent infrastructure manufacturing.

Now we’re seeking a Director of Robotics to apply our learning, leading this revolution in pipeline rehabilitation

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Role Overview

The Director of Robotics will lead SippTech’s robotics program — the heart of our manufactured-in-place process. This is a career-defining opportunity for a leader with deep technical expertise, proven leadership, and an entrepreneurial mindset to drive a robotics platform with real industrial consequences.

This role integrates three critical disciplines:

• Digital — network, controls, sensing, analytics, and digital interface
• Mechanical — hardware, precision, reliability, and durability
• Product — product performance and scalability

The Director of Robotics will plan, organize, and lead across these domains to deliver robust, field-ready robotic systems that redefine how the world approaches scalable pipe rehabiliation.

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Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Vision

• Lead the robotics team to translate SippTech’s decade of applied R&D into industrial-grade production systems.
• Define a clear roadmap for robotics development aligned with company goals, operational needs, and market readiness.
• Cultivate a high-performance culture emphasizing planning, process, and people — ensuring innovation is both inspired and disciplined.

Planning & Process Excellence

• Develop robust engineering and production plans that balance innovation speed with quality and reliability.
• Establish repeatable design, testing, and validation processes to ensure safe, consistent performance in demanding field conditions.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with manufacturing, digital systems, and field operations.

Technical Direction

• Oversee the integration of digital control systems, mechanical design, and field-operational requirements into a unified robotic platform.
• Guide system architecture, sensor fusion, and motion planning development with a focus on precision and resilience.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies in automation, AI, and mechatronics to maintain SippTech’s technological edge.

People & Culture

• Lead and grow a multi-disciplinary robotics team — software engineers, mechanical designers, and field technicians.
• Promote collaboration between engineering, manufacturing, and field teams to ensure that innovations translate into field success.
• Mentor emerging leaders and cultivate a learning-driven engineering culture grounded in integrity and accountability.

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Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in robotics, automation, or advanced manufacturing leadership.
• Proven success managing cross-functional engineering teams in hardware software environments.
• Deep understanding of robotic system design, motion control, and embedded systems.
• Experience taking complex robotics from prototype to field deployment.
• Demonstrated ability to create structure — through planning and process — without stifling innovation.
• Entrepreneurial drive, intellectual intensity, and commitment to excellence under real-world industrial constraints.

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Why This Role Matters

Water infrastructure is civilization’s silent foundation. For too long, its renewal has depended on excavation and disruption. SippTech’s robotics change that — manufacturing structural renewal from within the pipe itself.

As Director of Robotics, you will lead the team that makes our mission viable and scalable. You will bridge digital intelligence, mechanical precision, and real-world durability. You will transform a decade of applied learning into scalable, life-extending technology.

This is robotics with purpose.

This is engineering with impact.

This is Integrity Renewed.