Senior Robotics Embedded Systems Architect

Aptiv; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptiv is seeking an Embedded Systems Architect to design, develop, and optimize robotics and drone hardware and software systems for AMRs and drones. You will drive architecture decisions across sensing, compute, perception, and autonomy, delivering production-ready platforms that scale across applications and customer environments.

Collaborating with autonomy, localization, safety, hardware, data, and product teams, you will translate complex requirements into robust, high-performance embedded

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing embedded systems for robotics, automotive, drones, or related products.
• Strong experience designing and developing embedded software and systems.
• Experience working across hardware, software, systems, and product development teams.
• Experience with MBSE and requirements management tools (Polarion/DOORS).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded system architectures for AMR and drone platforms.
• Collaborate with product, autonomy, localization, safety, hardware, data, and program teams to align solutions with requirements.
• Evaluate technologies to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Develop requirements for sensor integration, data acquisition, runtime inference, and system interfaces.
• Lead integration, validation, and troubleshooting across hardware and software domains.

Skills

Embedded systems

Sensor integration

Real-time software

MBSE

System architecture

Cross-functional teamwork

Debugging & troubleshooting

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in a relevant engineering field

Tools

ROS/ROS 2

Polarion

DOORS

Linux

Job description

Aptiv is seeking an Embedded Systems Architect to design, develop, and optimize robotics and drone hardware and software systems for AMRs and drones. You will drive architecture decisions across sensing, compute, perception, and autonomy, delivering production-ready platforms that scale across applications and customer environments.

Collaborating with autonomy, localization, safety, hardware, data, and product teams, you will translate complex requirements into robust, high-performance embedded