Principal/Senior Robotics AI Architect
Core
Define and scale next-generation Physical AI systems for complex robotic platforms (including humanoids), focusing on architectural leadership across multi-layer AI control loops.
Role type
Principal/Senior Robotics AI Architect
Builds
AI SDKs, runtime, reference architectures, and scalable deployment patterns for physical AI systems.
Domain
Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Physical AI, Embedded Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Hierarchical AI control loop architecture, Perception (sensor fusion, VLMs, state estimation), Task and motion planning, Low-latency control and actuation, System-level timing models, Compute-software co-design, ROS2, Real-time systems, Sim-to-real, Cloud-to-sim, RL work, CPU/GPU/NPU scheduling
Preferred skills
Experience with AMD GPU and NPU AI SW stacks, vLLM, Industry leading SW inference frameworks, System-level performance tuning, Mixed-criticality systems
Technologies
ROS2, VLMs, OpenCV, gstreamer, CPU, GPU, NPU, Cloud
Responsibilities
Define architecture for hierarchical AI control loops, Establish timing models and system-level constraints, Act as architectural lead for lighthouse customers, Influence architectural partitioning strategies across on-robot, edge, and cloud, Shape the roadmap of Physical AI SDK and runtime frameworks, Drive creation of scalable architectural patterns
Seniority
Principal/Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence
