Senior Robotics Automation Engineer, Data Center Platforms

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 236,000 - 329,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Google seeks a Senior Staff Robotics Automation Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead cross-disciplinary robotics development across autonomous mobile robots and AI-enabled hardware, collaborating with hardware, software, and systems teams to deploy scalable solutions in data centers.

The role emphasizes advancing robotics control, planning, kinematics, and mechatronics, shipping full-stack robotics systems, and turning R&D into deployed infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams and robotics product development.
• Experience in robotic control, planning, kinematics, and mechatronic systems.
• Experience in shipping full-stack robotics systems.
• Experience in robotics industry, robotics applications development, and turning R&D into deployed, real-world systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with executive leadership to align on Robotics initiatives and roadmap, engineering execution with business goals.
• Identify, evaluate, and leverage off-the-shelf products, solutions, and parts to the maximum extent possible to simplify scaling, support, and certification of the robot fleet.
• Provide management support and guidance to internal teams and external partners, including solution vendors and contract manufacturers, throughout the development lifecycle, addressing inquiries and resolving issues as they arise.
• Deliver the multi-year robotics and hardware automation strategy tailored for compute, storage, and specialized liquid-cooled AI hardware infrastructure.
• Oversee the end-to-end deployment of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and multi-axis robotic arms for managing delicate data center hardware.

Skills

Robotics leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Robotics control

Planning & kinematics

Mechatronics

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Robot Operating System (ROS)

Job description

Google seeks a Senior Staff Robotics Automation Engineer for Platforms Infrastructure in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead cross-disciplinary robotics development across autonomous mobile robots and AI-enabled hardware, collaborating with hardware, software, and systems teams to deploy scalable solutions in data centers.

The role emphasizes advancing robotics control, planning, kinematics, and mechatronics, shipping full-stack robotics systems, and turning R&D into deployed infrastructure.