Principal Platform Software Engineer - Robotics

Emerson; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson seeks a Senior Principal Product Manager for Robotics Automation to shape a new platform enabling reliable, safe automated physical workflows for scientific and enterprise customers.

You will lead discovery, define pilot use cases, establish success measures, and influence long-term platform strategy across robotics, instruments, workflow systems, and cloud services.

Qualifications

• 11 years of experience in software development.
• Experience with robotics, automation or platform design is preferred.
• Strong technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define the product vision, roadmap, and initial scope for a robotics automation platform.
• Lead discovery, identify pilot use cases, establish success metrics, and shape long-term platform strategy.
• Collaborate with customers, scientists, engineering, hardware, and cloud platform teams to drive direction.

Skills

Data Analysis

Agile Methodologies

Automation

Compliance

Quality Assurance

Scripting Languages

Software Test Plans

User Experience Development

Code Review

Embedded Systems

Software Estimation

Coding Experience

Database Experience

Education

B.Tech CS/Engineering

Bachelors CS/Engineering

M.Tech CS/Engineering

Masters CS/Engineering

Doctorate CS/Engineering

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• - Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a Senior Principal Product Manager for Robotics Automation. You will define the product vision, roadmap, and initial scope for a new platform that helps scientific and enterprise customers automate physical workflows reliably and safely.
• - This is a senior individual-contributor role for a technically strong product leader. You will work closely with customers, scientists, engineering, applied science, hardware and automation partners, and OCI platform teams to turn real operating workflows into a clear, scalable product direction.
• - Initially, you will lead discovery and product definition: identify the most valuable customer problems, define the first pilot use cases, establish success measures, and recommend what should be built next. You will also help shape the longer-term platform strategy for integrating robots, instruments, workflow systems, and cloud services.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience:
  11 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 year of experience in software development.

Job Skills

• Same skills as prior level plus;
• -Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
• -Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
• -Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
• -Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
• -Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
• -Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
• -Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
• -User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
• -Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
• -Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
• -Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.
• Coding Experience: 6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).
• Database Experience: 4 years of experience with databases.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience:
  11 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development
• OR
• Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 years of experience in software development.
• Budget Experience: 1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
• Cloud Platforms Experience: 3 years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).