Robotics & Autonomy Systems Architect

Velaura; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Job summary

Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and PhysicalAI. We seek a Robotics Systems Architect to bridge real-world robotic systems with compute platforms, analyzing architectures from sensors to onboard compute and guiding workloads onto efficient hardware.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and AI teams to map workloads, evaluate latency and power, and shape product direction for robotics, drones, and embodied AI.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of robotics or drone system architectures.
• Experience with autonomy stacks including perception, sensor fusion, planning, and control.
• Experience with robotics frameworks such as ROS, Isaac, or similar autonomy platforms.
• Strong systems engineering mindset and ability to reason about end-to-end system performance.
• Experience deploying or architecting compute platforms for robotics or autonomous systems.
• Ability to work across hardware, software, and system architecture teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze modern robotics and drone system architectures, including sensing, perception, planning, control, and onboard compute.
• Understand how autonomy stacks process sensor data and translate those requirements into system-level compute needs.
• Map robotics and autonomy workloads onto compute platforms, identifying performance, latency, and power constraints.
• Work with hardware architects to define compute architectures optimized for robotics and embodied AI workloads.
• Evaluate real-world deployment requirements for robotics systems, including reliability, real-time performance, safety, and energy efficiency.
• Collaborate with AI model architects and silicon designers to align robotics workloads with next-generation hardware capabilities.
• Develop system-level workload models representing robotics and drone use cases.
• Help guide product direction by identifying emerging requirements across robotics, AMRs, drones, and other embodied AI systems.

Skills

Robotics architectures

Autonomy stacks

ROS/Isaac

Systems engineering

Robotics compute platforms

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for a Robotics Systems Architect who deeply understands how modern robotic and drone systems are designed and deployed. In this role, you will help bridge the gap between real-world robotic systems and next-generation compute platforms. You will analyze the architecture of robotics and autonomous systems—from sensors and perception pipelines to planning, control, and onboard compute—and help translate these requirements into hardware and system architectures. Your work will guide how Velaura’s compute platforms support emerging applications in robotics, drones, and embodied AI. This role requires strong systems-level thinking, with the ability to understand complete robotics stacks and map their workloads onto efficient compute architectures.

Responsibilities

• Analyze modern robotics and drone system architectures, including sensing, perception, planning, control, and onboard compute.
• Understand how autonomy stacks process sensor data and translate those requirements into system-level compute needs.
• Map robotics and autonomy workloads onto compute platforms, identifying performance, latency, and power constraints.
• Work with hardware architects to define compute architectures optimized for robotics and embodied AI workloads.
• Evaluate real-world deployment requirements for robotics systems, including reliability, real-time performance, safety, and energy efficiency.
• Collaborate with AI model architects and silicon designers to align robotics workloads with next-generation hardware capabilities.
• Develop system-level workload models representing robotics and drone use cases.
• Help guide product direction by identifying emerging requirements across robotics, AMRs, drones, and other embodied AI systems.

Required Qualifications

• Strong understanding of robotics or drone system architectures.
• Experience working with autonomy stacks including perception, sensor fusion, planning, and control.
• Experience with robotics frameworks such as ROS, Isaac, or similar autonomy platforms.
• Strong systems engineering mindset and ability to reason about end-to-end system performance.
• Experience deploying or architecting compute platforms for robotics or autonomous systems.
• Ability to work across hardware, software, and system architecture teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing compute architectures for robotics or edge AI systems.
• Familiarity with sensor modalities such as cameras, lidar, radar, and IMUs.
• Experience with real-time systems and robotics control loops.
• Experience with drones, autonomous vehicles, or industrial robotics.
• Understanding of how AI models integrate into robotics pipelines.

$200,000 - $500,000 a year

Compensation & Benefits

At Velaura, we believe exceptional talent deserves exceptional rewards. Compensation for this role includes a competitive base salary, performance-based incentives, and equity participation, allowing team members to share in the company’s long-term success.

Your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

In addition to compensation, Velaura offers a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off; flexible work arrangements; professional development opportunities; and other benefits designed to support the well-being and growth of our team.

Velaura is committed to pay equity and transparency and regularly benchmarks compensation to ensure we remain competitive in the market.

Why Velaura?

Velaura is building next-generation compute technology for cloud, edge, and PhysicalAI. Our solutions will enable robots, autonomous systems, drones, and other intelligent machines to operate efficiently in the physical world. This is an opportunity to help build foundational technology at a time when the industry is undergoing fundamental change. You will work alongside experienced leaders, architects, engineers, and operators who have delivered industry-defining products across mobile, cloud, semiconductor, and AI platforms. If you enjoy solving difficult problems, working across disciplines, and helping shape the future of Physical AI, we would love to hear from you.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Accommodations

Velaura is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Velaura is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at: [e-mail]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.