Remote Principal Solutions Architect, Robotics & Voice AI

Cerence Inc.; California; On-site; USD 119,350 - 190,650; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

PTO

Holidays

RRSP contribution

Equity awards

Remote/hybrid work

Job summary

Cerence Inc. in the California Bay Area is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to own the technical core of opportunities in mobile and service robotics, interfacing with senior technical decision-makers and ensuring our voice AI solution fits customer hardware.

You will collaborate with sales, product, and professional services, translate field learnings into actionable strategies, and contribute to product direction based on real deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Software Engineering, AI or related discipline.
• Experience with robotics software stacks, middleware, ROS 2, Nav2, MoveIt 2.
• Experience with evaluating technology, delivering POCs, onboarding and post-sales hand-off.
• Willingness to travel 20–30%.

Responsibilities

• Engage senior technical decision-makers in robotics, shaping opportunities and driving technical success.
• Own the technical core of opportunities: fit voice solutions to customer hardware and workflows.
• Clear technical roadblocks to move evaluations toward signed deals.
• Collaborate with sales, product, and professional services; translate field learnings into product and sales strategy.
• Shape the product based on customer feedback and real-world deployments.

Skills

Robotics expertise

Cloud-edge systems

Embedded systems

Stakeholder communication

Sales engineering

Technical evaluation

POC delivery

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Robotics/Software Engineering/AI

Tools

ROS 2

Vendor SDKs

MoveIt 2

Job description

Cerence Inc. in the California Bay Area is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to own the technical core of opportunities in mobile and service robotics, interfacing with senior technical decision-makers and ensuring our voice AI solution fits customer hardware.

You will collaborate with sales, product, and professional services, translate field learnings into actionable strategies, and contribute to product direction based on real deployments.