Senior Robotics Solutions Architect

Altera; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 270,700; Full time

Job summary

Altera, based in San Jose, California, seeks a senior robotics architect to lead end-to-end system design across sensors, perception, planning, and control. The role requires deep expertise in robotics and AI/ML, plus extensive experience shaping customer engagements and architecture roadmaps.

Travel up to 30% is expected as part of customer engagements, PoC development, and strategy work, with opportunities to contribute to technical blogs and training materials.

Qualifications

• MS/PhD in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 10+ years experience in robotics, AI systems, or solutions architecture
• Strong expertise in robotics systems and AI/ML for robotics

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Robotics System Architecture: Define full-stack robotics architectures spanning sensors, perception, localization, planning, control and actuation.
• Customer Engagement & Solution Delivery: Lead technical engagements with robotics customers to translate requirements into architecture proposals and roadmaps.
• Proof-of-Concept (PoC) & Prototyping: Drive PoC development to validate architecture and performance with engineering teams to build demos.
• Robotics Strategy & Market Development.
• Contribute to white papers, technical blogs, and training materials.

Skills

Robotics architecture

AI/ML for robotics

Systems integration

Education

MS/PhD in robotics or related field

Job description

Altera, based in San Jose, California, seeks a senior robotics architect to lead end-to-end system design across sensors, perception, planning, and control. The role requires deep expertise in robotics and AI/ML, plus extensive experience shaping customer engagements and architecture roadmaps.

Travel up to 30% is expected as part of customer engagements, PoC development, and strategy work, with opportunities to contribute to technical blogs and training materials.