Robotics Platform Architect — AI, Fleet Orchestration

Accenture; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 133,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Robotics Technical Architect to define and lead architecture for robotics intelligence platforms, autonomous systems, and fleet orchestration. You will drive end-to-end technical design, integration and deployment across cloud, edge and on-site environments, collaborating with engineering teams, OEMs and clients.

The role requires 8+ years in robotics, strong ROS/ROS 2, Python and C++, and hands-on experience with perception, SLAM and fleet management.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of robotics engineering, robotics software, autonomous systems, or related fields.
• Experience architecting and deploying robotics systems in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in ROS/ROS 2, Python and C++ for robotics applications.
• Hands-on experience with robotics intelligence capabilities such as perception, localization, SLAM, motion planning, sensor fusion or autonomous navigation.
• Experience with fleet management and multi-robot coordination.
• Experience integrating robotics with industrial systems and protocols (PLC/SCADA, MES, ERP).
• Understanding cloud, edge and GPU-enabled deployment patterns, containers, APIs and observability.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end technical architecture for robotics intelligence platforms, autonomous systems, robotic fleets and services.
• Architect robotic intelligence platforms covering perception, localization, SLAM, sensor fusion and motion planning.
• Define patterns for robotics foundation models, synthetic data pipelines and simulation-to-real transfer.
• Architect multi-robot orchestration and fleet-management platforms including task allocation and monitoring.
• Define orchestration services for resource scheduling, traffic management and fault handling.
• Design integration patterns across robot OEMs, ROS/ROS 2, PLC/ERP and IoT platforms.
• Define cloud/edge/GPU runtime architecture and security considerations.
• Lead architecture reviews, risk management and engineering governance.
• Provide mentoring to robotics and platform teams and create reusable standards.
• Support pre-sales with technical discovery, estimates and demos.

Skills

ROS/ROS 2

Python

C++

Robotics architecture

Fleet management

Cloud/edge deployment

Education

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

Tools

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Robotics Technical Architect to define and lead architecture for robotics intelligence platforms, autonomous systems, and fleet orchestration. You will drive end-to-end technical design, integration and deployment across cloud, edge and on-site environments, collaborating with engineering teams, OEMs and clients.

The role requires 8+ years in robotics, strong ROS/ROS 2, Python and C++, and hands-on experience with perception, SLAM and fleet management.