Senior Robotics & AI Program Lead

Accenture PLC; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 87,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a senior Robotics leader for its Next Gen Robotics team in Albany, NY. You will develop scalable Physical AI and robotics solutions, lead a Center of Excellence, and work with clients, partners, and industry units to deliver PoC, pilots, and production deployments.

The role requires 5+ years in robotics and leadership, with a Bachelor's in robotics or CS. Expect travel 25–100% and collaboration with NVIDIA, Boston Dynamics, and Universal Robots.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in robotics tech: ROS/ROS2, motion planning, sensor fusion, and sims.
• Minimum 5 years in Products, H&PS, Resources, CMT, or related industries.
• Minimum 5 years leading technical workstreams (e.g., Solution Architect, Tech Lead).
• Minimum 3 years leading robotics/tech consulting projects in industrial/research settings.
• Bachelor’s degree in robotics, CS or related (12 years) of work exp.

Responsibilities

• Build Physical AI & Robotics solutions transforming client operations.
• Develop scalable Physical AI architectures with autonomy and VLA model integration.
• Lead a Physical AI/Robotics Centre of Excellence (3–10 people) from PoC to production.
• Coordinate with clients, partners, and Accenture units from roadmap to implementation.
• Contribute to Next-Gen Robotics strategy and ecosystem positioning.
• Travel to client sites as needed (25%–100%).

Skills

ROS/ROS2

Motion planning

Sensor fusion

Simulation environments

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in robotics or computer science or related (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

NVIDIA GR00T

π0

OpenVLA

VDA 5050

Job description

Accenture seeks a senior Robotics leader for its Next Gen Robotics team in Albany, NY. You will develop scalable Physical AI and robotics solutions, lead a Center of Excellence, and work with clients, partners, and industry units to deliver PoC, pilots, and production deployments.

The role requires 5+ years in robotics and leadership, with a Bachelor's in robotics or CS. Expect travel 25–100% and collaboration with NVIDIA, Boston Dynamics, and Universal Robots.