Building Autonomous Systems Teams in Robotics

Find out how DeepRec.ai's robotics division made 11 critical hires for MOTOR Ai after a major funding round.

Industry: Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles

Working Together Since: 2025

Headquarters: Berlin, Germany

Hires Made to Date: 11

Results

Hours Saved on Admin

Critical AI and Robotics Hires Made

CV to Interview Ratio

Disciplines covered

About MOTOR Ai

MOTOR AI is the only German company for autonomous driving specialising in compliance with legal safety requirements across Germany and Europe. This frontier tech business is developing a proprietary, explainable Level 4 and Level 5 autonomy stack, designed to enable real-world deployment in one of the most highly regulated environments globally.

Operating at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and safety-critical engineering, MOTOR AI is focused on building technology that meets both technical and regulatory demands without compromise.

Roles Placed

Head of Safety

Reinforcement Learning Engineer x2

DevOps Engineer x2

Systems Architect

Perception Engineer x3

Geospatial Segmentation AI Engineer

SOTIF Expert

Overview: Building a Robotics Team at a Critical Growth Moment

Following a major funding round and the award of its autonomous vehicle testing permit in March 2025, MOTOR Ai entered a critical phase of growth.

The business needed to build a specialist team across AI, embedded systems, and safety-critical engineering, without an internal talent function in place.

With hiring demand increasing and technical requirements spanning multiple disciplines, internal capacity quickly became a constraint. Delivering against both product and regulatory milestones while building a team from scratch was not sustainable.

As a deep tech-native recruitment specialist, DeepRec.ai was engaged by MOTOR Ai for its technical expertise, proven track record, and strong network across the German market.

Hear from MOTOR Ai:

We had several ultra-specialised roles that needed filling on a really tight timeline. Paddy took over the project and delivered a really high-quality pipeline in days. We ended up filling the roles and are very happy with the candidates. Paddy is very responsive and fast-paced, and a major asset to any talent search!

– Adam Bahlke, Co-Founder and CTO, MOTOR Ai

The Partnership

DeepRec.ai delivered an embedded hiring solution, acting as MOTOR Ai’s internal talent function during a critical growth phase.

The engagement was structured on a fixed-cost basis, with a clear objective to deliver the required hires within three months, providing cost certainty and immediate hiring momentum.

The process was led by DeepRec.ai's robotics specialist, Paddy Hobson, serving as the dedicated consultant and key point of contact. This reduced touchpoints, improved communication, and maintained pace across the process.

By taking ownership of the end-to-end hiring lifecycle, DeepRec.ai removed over 50 hours of administrative burden and the equivalent of three months of recruitment workload from MOTOR Ai’s leadership team.

Targeted Hiring Built for Robotics and AI

DeepRec.ai designed a hiring approach aligned to the technical and operational demands of robotics and autonomous systems.

Leveraging specialist networks across AI, embedded engineering, and safety-critical environments, the team engaged candidates with the depth of expertise required to operate in a regulated, real-world setting.

Close alignment with MOTOR Ai's leadership team ensured every profile met both the technical requirements of the role and the expectations of a high-growth, engineering-led business.

Meet Paddy Hobson, Robotics Specialist

Paddy is a Principal Consultant who leads the Embodied AI & Robotics team at DeepRec.AI across Europe. Working closely with Startups, VCs, and reputable large enterprises predominantly, he collaborates with key AI Specialists both on the candidate and client side.

Paddy has been working in recruitment for over four years, specialising in placing AI and Computer Vision engineers across Europe. He has worked with several large enterprise businesses and helped many early-stage startups scale by hiring their first few employees. His clients consistently testify to his skill in identifying hard-to-find candidates and matching them with opportunities that work best for them in the long run.

CONTACT PADDY

+49 304 0719 034

paddy.hobson@deeprec.ai

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