Robotics Architect: Autonomous Systems & Fleet

Accenture; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in the United States is seeking a Robotics Technical Architect to serve as the senior technical authority for robotics intelligence platforms, autonomous systems, and fleet orchestration within Accenture's Physical AI portfolio.

You will collaborate with solution architects, delivery teams, ecosystem partners and client engineers to define architecture, drive production deployment, and mentor robotics teams across cloud, edge and on-prem deployments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in robotics engineering, robotics software, autonomous systems, industrial automation or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and deploying industrial or commercial robotics systems in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in ROS/ROS 2, Python and C++ for robotics applications and platform integration.
• Hands‑on experience with robotics intelligence capabilities such as perception, localization, SLAM, motion planning, sensor fusion, controls or autonomous navigation.
• Experience with fleet management, multi‑robot coordination, orchestration platforms or distributed robotic systems.
• Experience integrating robotics with industrial systems and protocols such as PLC/SCADA, OPC UA, MQTT, EtherNet/IP, MES, WMS or ERP.
• Understanding of cloud, edge and GPU‑enabled deployment patterns, containers, APIs, event‑driven integration, observability and production operations.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience)

Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end architecture for robotics intelligence platforms and fleets.
• Architect perception, localization, SLAM, sensor fusion, and motion planning.
• Define patterns for robotics foundation models, synthetic data, and simulation-based training.
• Architect multi-robot orchestration and fleet-management platforms.
• Design patterns for integration with OEMs, ROS/ROS 2, PLC/SCADA, MES/WMS/ERP.
• Define cloud/edge/GPU deployment architecture and observability patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews, risk management and engineering governance.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to robotics teams.

Skills

ROS/ROS 2

Python

C++

Robotics systems architecture

Multi-robot orchestration

Cloud/Edge deployment

Industrial automation

AI/ML for robotics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

ROS/ROS 2

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Accenture in the United States is seeking a Robotics Technical Architect to serve as the senior technical authority for robotics intelligence platforms, autonomous systems, and fleet orchestration within Accenture's Physical AI portfolio.

You will collaborate with solution architects, delivery teams, ecosystem partners and client engineers to define architecture, drive production deployment, and mentor robotics teams across cloud, edge and on-prem deployments.