Technical Program Head - Kochi

Technical Program Head - Kochi

Location - Kochi (Work from Office)

Job Type - Permanent

Budget - 40 LPA

Experience - 15 - 20 Years

Required Skills

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

• Strong expertise in AI/ML, Deep Learning, Foundation Models, Transformers, CNNs, multimodal learning, reinforcement learning, and multi-agent systems.

• Experience with large-scale model training, optimization, evaluation, and production-grade AI/ML.

• Strong understanding of Generative AI, representation learning, self-supervised learning, and scalable AI

architectures.

Computer Vision & Perception

• Strong expertise in object detection, classification, segmentation, tracking, depth estimation, and real-

time image/video analytics.

• Experience with YOLO, Vision Transformers, Faster R-CNN, SSD, SLAM, multi-view vision, 3D perception,

and sensor fusion.

• Experience building and deploying robust perception systems for industrial, robotic, or autonomous

applications.

Robotics & Autonomous Systems

• Strong experience in autonomous robotic platforms, wheeled/quadrupedal robots, and by-

wire/autonomous vehicle architectures.

• Expertise in state estimation, localization, motion planning, low-level control, and hardware-software

integration.

• Working knowledge of ROS/ROS2, Autoware, and real-time robotic/autonomous systems.

Program & Delivery Management

• Proven experience managing large-scale, multidisciplinary AI/ML, robotics, computer vision, and

autonomous-system programs from concept to production.

• Strong expertise in program planning, estimation, budgeting, resource/capacity planning, risk and

dependency management, and delivery governance.

• Experience with Agile/Scrum/SAFe, release management, KPI/OKR governance, quality management,

and production deployment.

• Strong customer, vendor, partner, and executive stakeholder management capabilities.

• Demonstrated ability to drive multiple complex programs while ensuring schedule, cost, quality,

technical maturity, and customer commitments.

Technical & Organizational Leadership

• Proven experience leading large, globally distributed and multidisciplinary engineering organizations.

• Ability to lead Engineering Managers, Architects, Technical Leads, Program Managers, and cross-

functional engineering teams.

• Strong architecture review, technical governance, mentoring, decision-making, and executive

communication capabilities.

JD - Technical Program Head - AI, Robotics & Autonomous Systems - 2026

AI Infrastructure, Data & Simulation

• Experience designing scalable AI/ML infrastructure, multimodal data pipelines, and model

lifecycle/MLOps platforms.

• Strong understanding of Azure/GCP, CI/CD, containerization, orchestration, monitoring, and production

AI operations.

• Experience with simulation-based development, scenario generation, validation, and automated

regression testing.

Physical AI & Embodied Intelligence

• Expertise in Perception-Decision-Planning-Control architectures for AI systems operating in physical

environments.

• Experience with sim-to-real transfer, real-time inference, online adaptation, and safety-aware/fail-

operational architectures.

• Strong understanding of AI integration with robotic and autonomous platforms.

Full Stack Development

• Good to have experience in React/Angular, Python/Node.js/Java, REST APIs, microservices and

SQL/NoSQL databases.