Senior Physical AI Solutions Architect

326 Altera Semiconductor Technology UK Limited; Marlow; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Physical AI Solutions Architect to lead end-to-end system architectures for robotics, drones, medical, industrial, and quantum compute platforms. The role requires designing scalable, low-latency Sense-Think-Act pipelines and driving PoCs with customer engagements.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in physical AI, strong robotics expertise, and experience with ROS/ROS2 and FPGA platforms. Travel ~30% within the United Kingdom; based in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in physical AI including robotics, drones, AI systems, or solutions architecture.
• Strong expertise in robotics systems and AI/ML for robotics.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 FPGA platforms is preferred but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end Physical AI system architectures spanning sensors, perception, localization, planning, control, and actuation.
• Design Sense-Think-Act pipelines with strict latency and determinism constraints.
• Evaluate hardware/software partitioning (CPU vs GPU vs FPGA).
• Lead technical engagements, translate requirements into architecture proposals and roadmaps, deliver technical briefings.
• Drive PoC development to validate architecture and performance with engineering teams.

Skills

Robotics systems

AI/ML for robotics

Real-time control

Deterministic processing

Education

BS/MS or PhD in Robotics/EE/CE/CS

Tools

ROS/ROS2

FPGA platforms (RTL, HLS)

Job description

Altera is seeking a Physical AI Solutions Architect to lead end-to-end system architectures for robotics, drones, medical, industrial, and quantum compute platforms. The role requires designing scalable, low-latency Sense-Think-Act pipelines and driving PoCs with customer engagements.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in physical AI, strong robotics expertise, and experience with ROS/ROS2 and FPGA platforms. Travel ~30% within the United Kingdom; based in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.