Description

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.

Overview

• Position: Director of Research and Development
• Company: VinDynamics
• Division - Department: Research and Development
• Report to: Chief Technology Officer
• Location: Reno, Nevada, USA

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

Relevant education and experience

• 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
• Deep technical expertise in software architecture and AI models for humanoid or legged robots
• Advanced experience learning approaches (i.e., 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 leve
• Knowledge about model-based approach (i.e., MPC, optimal control, LQR) is a plus
• Experience in full humanoid stack from actuators, sensors, electronics, control, planning, AI, and data infrastructure
  

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