Lead Robotics AI Architect for Physical AI Systems

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices is seeking a Robotics AI Architect to define and scale next‑generation Physical AI systems for complex robotic platforms. You will lead architecture decisions across multi‑layer AI control loops and collaborate with lighthouse customers to ensure production‑grade performance.

The role requires deep expertise in AI inference runtimes, robot perception, planning and real‑time control, with focus on latency, power, and safety.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• Experience influencing external and internal stakeholders on complex projects.
• Deep understanding of AI inference runtimes, CPU/GPU/NPU scheduling and latency.

Responsibilities

• Define and scale next-gen Physical AI systems for robotics (humanoids, high DoF platforms).
• Lead lighthouse customer co-engineering and deployments to achieve production-grade performance.
• Influence reference architectures, platform architecture, and SDK roadmaps.
• Guide deployment architecture and performance trade-offs across CPU, GPU, and accelerators.

Skills

Robotics AI architecture

RL & Sim-to-real

AI inference runtimes

ROS2

System latency optimization

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in EE/CS

Tools

OpenCV

GStreamer

vLLM

AMD GPU/NPU tool stacks

Job description

Advanced Micro Devices is seeking a Robotics AI Architect to define and scale next‑generation Physical AI systems for complex robotic platforms. You will lead architecture decisions across multi‑layer AI control loops and collaborate with lighthouse customers to ensure production‑grade performance.

The role requires deep expertise in AI inference runtimes, robot perception, planning and real‑time control, with focus on latency, power, and safety.