Principal / Director – Robotics System Architecture Lead

Summary

Lead end-to-end robotics system architecture spanning hardware, firmware, OS, middleware, AI runtimes, and cloud integration at the principal/director level. Define architectural principles for real-time behavior, performance, safety, determinism, and scalability across heterogeneous compute (CPU/GPU/DSP/NPU/MCU), and guide decisions across perception, localization, navigation, planning, manipulation, and control stacks. Architect multi-sensor systems with precise timing/synchronization (PTP/IEEE 1588), sensor fusion pipelines, and ROS 2/DDS-based middleware. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, hiring standards, and influence multi-year platform strategy.