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Humanoids-as-a-service for European factories
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Open roles at Motion
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Field Deployment Engineer (Benelux, on-site at customer factories)
san francisco, ca, usa; remoteSeniorfirst seen last month - apply ↗
Robot Learning / Manipulation Engineer (task training and data collection)
san francisco, ca, usa; remoteMid-levelfirst seen last month - apply ↗
Full-stack Engineer, fleet management platform
san francisco, ca, usa; remoteMid-levelfirst seen last month - apply ↗
Operations Lead, Benelux deployments
san francisco, ca, usa; remoteSeniorfirst seen last month
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What Motion is building
Motion does not build humanoid robots. It builds the deployment layer that sits between a factory and whichever humanoid is right for that factory's job, and it sells the whole thing as a monthly lease. The unbundling is the product. Adopting a humanoid today means separately solving robot selection, on-site integration, collecting task data, training the robot on your specific task, IT integration, fleet management software, capital financing, insurance, regulatory compliance, and maintenance. Ten problems, of which nine have nothing to do with robotics and all ten are individually sufficient to stop a mid-sized manufacturer from ever starting. Motion collapses that into one predictable monthly fee, in Stevens' own framing: take everything that stands between a factory and its first humanoid and turn it into a single line item. Being OEM-agnostic is the structural choice that makes it work. Motion picks the robot per task rather than committing to one manufacturer, which means it is never defending a hardware roadmap and gets better as the hardware market gets more competitive. The work today is deeply unglamorous and specific: robots trained to load goods into crates, pack containers into boxes, and place components on conveyor belts, working alongside human teams rather than replacing a line. The company describes itself as an AI-powered platform that lets any manufacturer deploy and run humanoid robots without a robotics team, with data kept in a secure European layer, and it names Field Deployment Engineers as a role on its own site. Those two details together tell you the shape of the business: software and fleet operations at the center, people on factory floors at the edge, and European data residency treated as a requirement rather than a feature.
Why this matters
The humanoid conversation in 2026 is almost entirely about capability, and Motion's bet is that capability stopped being the binding constraint before adoption did. Stevens calls it Europe's robot adoption problem, and the evidence is in his own pipeline: five simultaneous pilots in Belgium alone, at a company founded this year, for tasks as mundane as packing boxes. The demand was already there. What was missing was anyone willing to own financing, insurance, compliance and maintenance on the customer's behalf. The robots-as-a-service model has a real precedent in industrial automation, where the pattern repeats: the technology becomes viable, then a services layer forms to absorb the integration risk that the buyer cannot underwrite, and that layer captures a durable share of the value. Motion is placing that bet earlier than most, on hardware that is still improving fast, which is precisely why OEM-agnosticism matters. Every generation of better humanoid improves Motion's margins without obsoleting anything it owns. Europe is also the right place to try this specifically because compliance is hard there. Machinery regulation, workplace safety rules and data residency requirements are exactly the sort of overhead that stops a US hardware vendor from selling directly into a Belgian factory, and exactly the sort of thing a local operator can turn into a moat.
Investors: Extantia Capital (lead), Norrsken Evolve
Hiring outlook
The funding announcement explicitly lists expanding the team as a use of proceeds, alongside converting five pilots into production and growing the robot fleet, and the company runs a live careers page inviting applications. But no individual roles are posted yet, so this is stated intent rather than an open board. That gap is the opportunity, not a red flag: at a company founded this year with $2M, the roles get defined by whoever shows up first with the right shape.
Working at Motion
Motion: Humanoids-as-a-service for European factories. The team is 50-200 people today. Working at a B2B, Productivity company at this stage means defined function but no bureaucracy, you'll own a surface area rather than a ticket queue.
San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote is where most Motion positions are located.
How to actually get hired at Motion
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
Motion runs an applicant tracking system (Greenhouse), but hiring managers still work referrals first. A cold application to Motion isn't dead, it's just fourth in line behind internal referrals, sourced candidates and recruiter pipelines.
Who to contact at Motion
- Who decides
- the hiring manager or department lead
- Best channel
- LinkedIn or direct email
- ATS
- Greenhouse
What to show them
Show a manipulation task trained from data you collected yourself in an uncontrolled environment, not a simulator and not a benchmark. Deformable or irregular objects, variable lighting, imperfect placement. Report the honest failure rate and, more importantly, how many demonstrations it took to get there, because at Motion that number is the unit economics of every new customer task. Then explain what you would change to cut it in half.
A cold email that works at Motion
What Motion screens for
Extantia led and Norrsken Evolve followed, both European climate and industrial-transition funds rather than robotics specialists, which tells you they underwrote this as an industrial deployment business, not a robotics bet. That is the correct read: Motion's risk is operational, not technical. The hiring window is the narrowest and the most open of anything in this drop. Narrow because €1.7M at a company founded this year funds a handful of hires, and those hires will personally define how five pilots become production deployments. Open because nothing is posted, so there is no queue, no ATS filter, and no competing applicants. If you have deployed industrial automation on a real factory floor in Europe, or have run manipulation-task training against messy real-world data rather than benchmarks, you are writing to a founder who has five live customers and not enough people, in the four-week window before this becomes a job board with a hundred applicants per posting.
Customize your CV for the Motion role. Matching the job description language helps clear ATS filters.
Don't make these mistakes
Alexander is not a roboticist and is not pretending to be one. He built and exited Greenomy, an ESG regtech SaaS business later acquired by Position Green, which means his instincts are enterprise software, compliance and distribution. Two things will annoy him. First, any suggestion that Motion should build its own humanoid or differentiate on hardware; OEM-agnosticism is the entire thesis and pitching vertical integration says you did not read the company. Second, generic humanoid enthusiasm. He has publicly named adoption, not robot capability, as the bottleneck, so 'I'm excited about the humanoid wave' is precisely the belief he built the company to argue against. What lands instead is anything about the unsexy middle: insurance underwriting for a leased robot, machinery-directive compliance, uptime guarantees, or how you keep a fleet running across five customer sites with a team of five.
Mistakes that kill Motion applications
A recycled CV gets rejected fast at Motion (50-200 people). They notice.
Don't open with what you want. Open with what Motion is dealing with right now — The humanoid conversation in 2026 is almost entirely about capability, and Motion's bet is that capability stopped being the binding constraint before adoption did, and what you'd do about it.
Most B2B, Productivity applications get ghosted. A day-five follow-up can double your response rate.
Applying to Motion? Get the contact, not the form.
The Motion interview process
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for Motion. What follows is the typical process for a 50-200-person B2B, Productivity company, so treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
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Recruiter Screen
Phone or video · 30 min
What it testsBasic qualification and logisticsUsually run byRecruiter or HR - 2
Hiring Manager Interview
Video call · 45 min
What it testsRole fit and experience deep-diveUsually run byHiring manager - 3
Technical/Functional Round
Video call · 60 min
What it testsSkills assessment and problem-solvingUsually run byTeam members - 4
Final Round
In-person or video · 60 min
What it testsCulture fit and cross-functional alignmentUsually run bySenior leadership
Motion interview timeline
Expect 14 days total. Compared to similar B2B, Productivity companies (18 days median), Motion is faster.
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Motion jobs, frequently asked questions
How many jobs does Motion have open?
4 open roles at Motion, last checked October 2, 2026.
Does Motion hire remotely?
Currently, Motion only has in-office roles in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote.
What roles is Motion hiring for?
Motion is hiring across Engineering, Design. The most recent opening is Field Deployment Engineer (Benelux, on-site at customer factories).
How do I apply for a job at Motion?
Use the apply links above, or check our guide to getting hired at Motion.
Does Motion respond to cold emails?
Response rate data for Motion not yet confirmed.
Who is the hiring manager at Motion?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager or department lead.
What ATS does Motion use?
Motion uses Greenhouse.
How competitive is it to get hired at Motion?
50-200-person B2B, Productivity companies see ~150-300 applicants per role in two weeks. The 72-hour window is your advantage.
How many rounds is the Motion interview?
4 stages: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager Interview, Technical/Functional Round, Final Round.
Is the Motion interview hard?
Focus on relevant experience and culture fit, not puzzles. Final Round is reportedly the most challenging round.
Does Motion give a take-home task?
No, Motion does not include a take-home stage.
How long does Motion take to get back to you?
Around 14 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the Motion interview?
relevant experience and culture fit is the priority. Show you can work autonomously — that matters more than algorithms at 50-200 people.
Where is Motion based?
Motion is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote.
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