Chief Robotics Architect for Autonomous Systems

Joinimagine; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 330,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

401K retirement plan with employer 401

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Bosch Research pioneers cutting-edge AI for industrial applications, from autonomous systems to robotics. Join us as Chief Expert Robotics to shape the future of robotics with strategic technology leadership and end-to-end deployment.

You will translate algorithms into production-ready hardware and software, guide architecture decisions, mentor multi-disciplinary teams, and collaborate with product managers and startups to deliver real customer ROI.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of robotics/autonomous systems development experience.
• Proven track record in production robotics deployments and startup/innovation teams.
• Strong ROS/ROS 2, C++, Python, Linux/RTOS expertise.
• Hands-on with GPU-accelerated simulators and teleoperation pipelines.
• Experience with perception, state estimation, and manipulation systems.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to executives and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end robotics deployment, translating algorithms to production-ready hardware/software.
• Move physical robots from lab to real-world environments (manufacturing, logistics, field).
• Define and drive long-term robotics research roadmap (perception, manipulation, planning, AI/ML).
• Make system architecture and hardware-software co-design decisions; evaluate make/buy options.
• Foster an agile engineering culture with rapid prototyping and disciplined testing.

Skills

ROS/ROS 2

C++

Python

Linux/RTOS

Perception & SLAM

Motion planning

Imitation Learning

Reinforcement Learning

System architecture

Prototyping

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Robotics/Mechatronics/CS/EE

Tools

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)

Job description

Bosch Research pioneers cutting-edge AI for industrial applications, from autonomous systems to robotics. Join us as Chief Expert Robotics to shape the future of robotics with strategic technology leadership and end-to-end deployment.

You will translate algorithms into production-ready hardware and software, guide architecture decisions, mentor multi-disciplinary teams, and collaborate with product managers and startups to deliver real customer ROI.