Principal AI & Robotics Deployment Architect

Noble Machines, Inc; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Noble Machines, Inc. is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to help customers deploy Moby, our general‑purpose robot, in their operations.

You will translate customer needs into executable architectures, lead deployments from discovery to production, and coordinate across Engineering, Product, Sales, and Customer Success. This is a highly visible, customer‑facing role requiring strong communication and hands‑on robotics deployment ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent hands-on experience in engineering, CS or robotics.
• Proven ownership of AI-enabled physical robot deployments with measurable results.
• Practical experience with robotic perception, learning, and autonomous behavior.
• Strong ability to communicate capabilities, limitations, and deployment decisions.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and work on-site in Sunnyvale regularly.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design to map customer workflows to Moby deployments.
• Architect deployment plans, success criteria, and risk assessments.
• Present concepts and demos to engineers and executives with clear expectations.
• Own deployments end to end from evaluation to production and improvement.
• Coordinate with perception, learning, autonomy, and controls teams to connect sensor data to robot behavior.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, sensors, and AI integration with Engineering.
• Define metrics to verify task completion, reliability, and failure recovery.
• Partner with Sales to translate customer requirements into engineering tasks and roadmap.
• Create repeatable deployment methods and mentor the Application Engineering team.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Deployment ownership

Robotics experience

Pre-sales experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Robotics

Job description

Noble Machines, Inc. is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to help customers deploy Moby, our general‑purpose robot, in their operations.

You will translate customer needs into executable architectures, lead deployments from discovery to production, and coordinate across Engineering, Product, Sales, and Customer Success. This is a highly visible, customer‑facing role requiring strong communication and hands‑on robotics deployment ownership.