Senior Physical AI Systems Architect (Robotics & Drones)

Altera; Marlow; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in the United Kingdom seeks a Physical AI Solutions Architect to lead end-to-end system design across robotics, drones, medical, industrial and quantum compute domains. You will drive architecture proposals, PoCs and customer engagements, delivering production-ready solutions with a focus on low-latency, deterministic performance.

The role requires a strong background in robotics and AI/ML for robotics, plus experience with ROS/ROS2 and FPGA-based platforms.

Qualifications

• Requires BS/MS, PhD preferred in robotics or related field.
• 10+ years in physical AI including robotics, drones or AI system architectures.
• Experience with robotics systems and AI/ML for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Define full-stack architectures for sensing, perception, localization, planning, and control.
• Design Sense-Think-Act pipelines with strict latency/determinism constraints.
• Evaluate hardware/software partitioning (CPU/GPU/FPGA).
• Lead technical engagements and deliver PoCs; provide architecture proposals and roadmaps.
• Drive PoC development and collaborate with engineering to build demos.
• Contribute to market analysis, reference architectures, and technical docs.

Skills

End-to-end architecture

Real-time control

Sense-Think-Act

Low-latency systems

Hardware acceleration

Customer engagements

PoC development

Robotics systems

AI/ML for robotics

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Robotics/EE/CS

Tools

ROS/ROS2

FPGA RTL/HLS

Job description

Altera in the United Kingdom seeks a Physical AI Solutions Architect to lead end-to-end system design across robotics, drones, medical, industrial and quantum compute domains. You will drive architecture proposals, PoCs and customer engagements, delivering production-ready solutions with a focus on low-latency, deterministic performance.

The role requires a strong background in robotics and AI/ML for robotics, plus experience with ROS/ROS2 and FPGA-based platforms.