R&D China Head (Shenzhen) at LionsBot International Pte Ltd

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Apr, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Hardware Engineering, Team Leadership, Product Development, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Manufacturing Ecosystem, Supply Chain Management, DfM, PCB Design, DFMEA, Regulatory Compliance, Performance Management, Bilingual Communication, Project Management

Industry

Automation Machinery Manufacturing

Description

About LionsBot Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Singapore, LionsBot International is a multiple award-winning smart robotics company providing deep-technology solutions to the global commercial cleaning industry. With a proprietary cloud operating system (LionsOS), a growing portfolio of autonomous floor-cleaning robots designed and manufactured in-house, and operations spanning 30+ countries across Europe, the US, and Asia, LionsBot is redefining how the world cleans. Recognised by Forbes Asia’s “100 to Watch,” the Financial Times’ High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific, and honoured with Interclean Amsterdam, Red Dot, and iF Design awards, LionsBot is on a mission to give cleaners superpowers—one robot at a time. We are expanding our hardware R&D capability to Shenzhen to tap the world's most powerful hardware manufacturing ecosystem and build a China engineering team that delivers products faster, at lower cost, and with the manufacturing-proximity advantage that only Shenzhen can offer. About This Role This is a founding leadership role. The China R&D team does not exist yet — you will build it. You will hire the first engineers, set the engineering culture and standards, establish the supplier relationships, and own product programme delivery from Shenzhen. This is not a management role for someone who wants to run an established team. This is a builder role for a technically deep, people-first hardware leader who has grown up in Shenzhen's engineering ecosystem, knows how to move fast from concept to production, and can build a world-class engineering team in one of the world's most competitive engineering talent markets. What You Will Do * Build the China R&D team from scratch — hire 8–15 engineers across mechanical, electrical, and embedded hardware; set the hiring bar; build the engineering culture. * Own product programme delivery from Shenzhen — EVT, DVT, PVT, and SOP for China team scope, faster and at lower cost than Singapore-only development through ecosystem leverage. * Set and enforce hardware design standards across all three disciplines — mechanical DfM, PCB design rules, embedded bring-up protocols, DFMEA — from the team's first programme. * Build and manage the China supplier network — PCB fabrication, PCBA, injection moulding, sheet metal, motor controllers, battery packs, sensors — across all hardware categories. * Own the Singapore–China collaboration — clear programme RACI, joint design reviews, shared documentation standards, and a working culture where the China team is a peer to Singapore. * Manage China regulatory and compliance requirements — IEC, CE, RoHS, REACH, China export controls — for all China team-owned hardware programmes. * Define the 3-year China R&D capability roadmap — team structure, discipline depth, supplier network, technology bets — and scale the function to full programme ownership. What You Will Need * 10+ years in hardware engineering, with at least 3 years leading an engineering team in China — including personally setting up a team from scratch and owning product delivery outcomes. * Full-stack hardware technical depth across mechanical, electrical, and embedded disciplines — can make consequential technical decisions across all three domains. * Production launch ownership in China — has taken at least 2 hardware products from concept to mass production in a China factory, personally accountable for the SOP date. * Deep Shenzhen manufacturing ecosystem relationships — personal supplier relationships that translate into measurable time and cost advantages over remote teams. * Bilingual (Mandarin / English) with genuine bicultural competence — can operate the China team in Mandarin and collaborate with Singapore in English, and can bridge the two engineering cultures. * China HR and people leadership experience — has hired, developed, and managed out engineers in China; understands China labour law implications for performance management. * Good to have: autonomous mobile robot, service robot, or cleaning equipment hardware experience; Product Compliance experience; experience integrating a China team with a non-China parent company.

Responsibilities

You will build the China R&D team from scratch, hiring engineers and establishing engineering culture and standards. Additionally, you will own product programme delivery from Shenzhen, managing the supplier network and ensuring efficient manufacturing processes.