Technical Programme Engineer, Robotics

LionsBot International is a Singapore-based robotics company. Our Innovation & Partnerships team develops new robotic products with partners and customers, and takes them to market.

The team runs several programmes in parallel, each with its own milestones, suppliers and reporting requirements. This role keeps them moving: one view of every schedule, parts and builds on time, and the records each programme needs.

It is also an engineering role. When something stands in the way, you propose the way through and, where it makes sense, do the work yourself. And you help take products beyond the prototype, to something customers can buy.

Job responsibilties:

Delivery and scheduling

• Own the schedule for each active programme: milestones, owners, dates and status

• Run regular schedule reviews with project leads, and flag risks early with a plan to recover

• Report programme status to the team’s leadership

Internal tools and systems

• Run the team’s operations on our internal project platform

• Turn what the team needs into clear requirements and priorities, and work with developers to improve the platform over time

Clearing blockers

• Propose ways through technical and operational blockers, drawing on your own experience

• Step in and do the work yourself when needed, from integration debugging to part substitution, rework and test scripts

• Capture fixes and lessons so the team builds on them

Prototype to production

• Take products from prototype towards production grade: design for manufacture, cost targets, supplier qualification, certification and service planning

• Prepare products for handover into production

• Support customer demos, trials and quotations with technical and operational input

Build and prototype operations

• Turn designs into build plans: bill of materials, make or buy, lead times and build dates

• Track prototype builds from parts-in to test-complete

• Manage parts and inventory for development builds, reusing existing components where it saves cost or time

Procurement and suppliers

• Source, quote, purchase and expedite prototype and specialist parts

• Work directly with suppliers across the region, including in Mandarin, and with our supply chain and hardware teams

• Verify quotes against specifications before purchase

• Keep purchasing records accurate and assigned to the right programme

Programme reporting and compliance

• Prepare milestone reports and supporting documentation for funded programmes

• Keep records as the work happens, so reports are complete, accurate and audit-ready

• Follow each funder’s and partner’s documentation requirements

Field and deployment operations

• Plan logistics, site access, permits and on-site set-up for demonstrations, pilots and deployments

• Work with pre-sales and technical colleagues on field testing

Engineering records

• Keep version-controlled build records for each prototype: BOM revisions, firmware and software versions, configuration and test logs

Must have:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, electronic, mechatronics, robotics, systems or industrial) or a closely related discipline

• At least 3 years of hands-on engineering delivered end to end on real-world projects: requirements, design, build, integration, test and deployment, for real customers or sites rather than lab or coursework alone

• Has taken at least one hardware or electromechanical product or system through build and into field use, and dealt with what broke along the way

• Experience across engineering operations, supply chain or manufacturing alongside the engineering

• Fluent written and spoken English and Mandarin; comfortable working and negotiating with suppliers in Mandarin

• Able to read BOMs, drawings and spec sheets, and to ask engineers the right questions

• Organised and documentation-minded; keeps records without being asked

• Owns outcomes and raises problems early, with a proposed fix

• Comfortable with spreadsheets and project tools, and able to write clear requirements for software tools

Good to have:

• Robotics, AMR or electromechanical product experience

• New product introduction: design for manufacture, production transfer, supplier qualification

• Product certification and safety compliance (e.g. electrical safety, EMC)

• Funded R&D or customer-funded development programmes, including milestone reporting

• ERP and e-procurement systems

• Basic version control (Git) or scripting to automate tracking

• Freight, import and customs into Singapore