Director, Robotics Cloud Platform

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 355,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle's OCI Robotics Cloud is seeking a Director to build the platform and the organization that will define Oracle's robotics strategy, at the intersection of AI, cloud infrastructure, robotics, and edge computing. You will lead engineers across AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, and Developer Services, shaping a long-term platform that enables scalable, AI-powered robotics across vendors.

Join Oracle to create a world-class cloud robotics platform and drive innovation with executive

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of experience building distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software platforms.
• 5+ years of engineering management experience leading multiple software engineering teams.
• Proven experience defining and delivering large-scale cloud platforms from concept to production.
• Strong technical background in distributed systems, Kubernetes, APIs, microservices, cloud-native architectures, and modern software engineering practices.
• Demonstrated success hiring and scaling engineering organizations.
• Outstanding communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term architecture and technical vision for OCI Robotics Cloud.
• Build the cloud platform enabling robot registration, identity, fleet management, mission orchestration, telemetry, digital twins, and software lifecycle management.
• Establish common APIs, service contracts, SDKs, and edge service frameworks that support robots from multiple vendors.
• Lead the development of an AI-assisted, spec-driven robot onboarding platform where AI generates service contracts, edge service specifications, SDKs, implementation guidance, and developer documentation.
• Drive adoption of AI throughout the software development lifecycle to improve engineering productivity and platform quality.
• Recruit, mentor, and grow a world-class cloud engineering organization.
• Build a culture centered on engineering excellence, ownership, customer obsession, and continuous innovation.
• Coach engineering managers and senior technical leaders while developing future organizational leadership.
• Drive engineering execution across architecture, planning, prioritization, delivery, reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence.
• Partner closely with Product Management to define roadmap and customer adoption strategy.
• Collaborate across OCI AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Networking, Developer Services, and strategic robotics partners.
• Represent OCI Robotics Cloud in executive reviews, customer engagements, and strategic technology initiatives.

Skills

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

APIs

Microservices

Leadership

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/CE/Robotics

Tools

Docker

ROS 2

Job description

Oracle's OCI Robotics Cloud is seeking a Director to build the platform and the organization that will define Oracle's robotics strategy, at the intersection of AI, cloud infrastructure, robotics, and edge computing. You will lead engineers across AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, and Developer Services, shaping a long-term platform that enables scalable, AI-powered robotics across vendors.

Join Oracle to create a world-class cloud robotics platform and drive innovation with executive