What are the responsibilities and job description for the R&D Director (Humanoid Robot) position at VinDynamics?
ABOUT VINDYNAMICS
At VinDynamics, we design safe, affordable, and intelligent humanoid robots to assist in everyday life - robots for everyone. Backed by VinGroup, Vietnam's leading technology conglomerate, we are on a mission to make advanced robotics accessible, reliable, and beneficial for billions of people worldwide. By combining cutting-edge AI, world-class engineering, and human-centered design, we aim to seamlessly integrate robots into daily life - enhancing safety, productivity, and happiness at home and beyond.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Job descriptions
- Define and execute the long-term R&D roadmap for humanoid robotics
- Lead and mentor two engineering divisions: Hardware/Mechatronics Team (mechanical, EE, embedded, actuators) and Software/AI Team (controls, planning, perception, AI/ML, simulations)
- Drive innovation in manipulation, loco-manipulation, autonomy, and robot hardware
- Oversee development of low-level and high-level control stack (state estimation, whole-body control, MPC, RL policies)
- Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between hardware, firmware, and software/AI
- Set technical standards, architecture principles, and engineering processes
Qualifications
- Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field
- 5 years of experience in advanced robotics, legged robots, with at least 2 years in leadership roles
- Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams
Requirements
- Deep technical expertise in software architecture and AI models for humanoid or legged robots
- Advanced experience with learning approaches (reinforcement learning, imitation learning, large behavior models, VLA) for locomotion and manipulation
- Hands-on experience with real-time systems, ROS/ROS2, or robotic middleware/high level
- Experience in full humanoid stack from actuators, sensors, electronics, control, planning, AI, and data infrastructure
- Knowledge of model-based approaches (MPC, optimal control, LQR) is a plus
Personality/Attitude
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and leadership skills
- Proactive, dedicated, business-oriented, responsible and willing to learn
- Good communication skills, creative problem-solving skills and attention to detail