CTO - Robotics & Physical AI Sr. Engineer Manager

Wipro Technologies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Wipro Limited in Mountain View, CA is launching the WIN Labs’ Physical AI initiative and seeking a senior robotics software engineer to help deploy Sim2Real on real platforms.

You will develop ROS 2 perception, planning, and control, integrate AI models, and build multi-robot autonomy while collaborating with global teams and delivering customer demos.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Robotics, CS, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of robotics software engineering experience.
• Strong Python and C++ programming skills.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 and robotics simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Sim2Real solutions on real robotic platforms.
• Develop ROS 2-based perception, planning, and control systems.
• Build agentic and multi-robot autonomy solutions.
• Integrate AI models, APIs, cloud services, and robotics platforms.
• Create customer demos and validate new robotics concepts.
• Collaborate with global robotics teams and support lab growth.
• Represent WIN Labs at customer meetings and industry events.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

Robotics software

Gazebo

Isaac Sim

Machine Learning

Docker

APIs

Education

Robotics/CS degree

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

Cloud-native

APIs

Job description

Job Title: CTO - Robotics & Physical AI Sr. Engineer Manager

City: Mountain View

State/Province: California

Posting Start Date: 8/20/26

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description

Founding Robotics & Physical AI Engineer

Wipro Innovation Network (WIN) Labs | Mountain View, CA

Join WIN Labs' new Physical AI Lab and help build intelligent robotic systems that perceive, reason, and act in the real world. You'll work on Sim2Real learning, agentic AI, autonomous manipulation, multi-robot systems, and robotics foundation models while collaborating closely with our Bengaluru Robotics & Embodied AI team.

Key Technologies:

• ROS 2, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Agentic AI, Vision-Language-Action Models, Open-RMF, PyTorch, Docker, FastAPI, NVIDIA Omniverse, Sim2Real, AMRs, Humanoids, Mobile Manipulators, Quadrupeds.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy Sim2Real solutions on real robotic platforms.
• Develop ROS 2-based perception, planning, and control systems.
• Build agentic and multi-robot autonomy solutions.
• Integrate AI models, APIs, cloud services, and robotics platforms.
• Create customer demos and validate new robotics concepts.
• Collaborate with global robotics teams and support lab growth.
• Represent WIN Labs at customer meetings, conferences, and industry events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of robotics software engineering experience.
• Strong Python and C++ programming skills.
• Expertise in ROS/ROS 2 and robotics simulation tools (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo).
• Experience delivering robotics or autonomy solutions beyond research prototypes.
• Knowledge of Sim2Real, machine learning, and AI-powered robotic systems.
• Experience with Docker, APIs, CI/CD, and cloud-native development.

Preferred

• Multi-robot systems, Open-RMF, fleet management, or reinforcement learning.
• Experience with humanoids, robotic arms, AMRs, drones, or mobile manipulators.
• NVIDIA robotics ecosystem experience.
• SLAM, perception, computer vision, sensor fusion, or cloud-scale simulation.
• Publications, patents, open-source contributions, or robotics competition achievements.

The expected compensation for this role ranges from $80,000 to $173,800.

Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro’s standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.

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