Staff Robotics Automation Engineer, Platforms Infrastructure

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% bonus target

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Google is searching for an experienced engineer to lead robotics initiatives, driving innovation across various engineering disciplines. This role requires a strong background in mechatronics and robotics product development, along with significant project management experience.

The ideal candidate will collaborate effectively with hardware and software engineers, guiding architecture and system designs for impactful robotics solutions. A competitive salary between $188,000 - $275,000 (USD) plus bonus and equity is offered.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in mechatronics engineering and robotics product development.
• Experience deploying or shipping full-stack robotics systems.
• Experience with robotics applications development or transitioning R&D projects into deployed systems.

Responsibilities

• Set the goals for the robotics stack and guide architecture, systems design, and integration.
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams across multiple disciplines.
• Lead hardware architecture reviews to identify and address potential gaps.

Skills

Mechatronics engineering

Robotics product development

Project management

Sensor integration and calibration

Robotics programming languages (e.g., ROS)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in mechatronics engineering and robotics product development.
• Experience deploying or shipping full-stack robotics systems.
• Experience with robotics applications development, or transitioning research and development (R&D) projects into deployed systems.
• Experience with robotic control, planning, kinematics, or mechatronic systems.

Preferred qualifications

• 8 years of experience with the overall process for developing robotics products, including experience identifying issues and considerations for delivering a robotics product.
• Experience with collaborative robot systems, human-robot interaction design considerations, embedded systems, sensor fusion, and actuator control.
• Experience building hardware and embedded architectures for state estimation, SLAM, and proprioception pipelines, ensuring compliance with embodied AI safety standards across distributed fleets.
• Experience with sensor integration and calibration for robotics applications, including vision systems, LiDAR, and inertial measurement units.
• Experience in project management or leading cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with motion control systems and robotics programming languages (e.g., ROS).

About the job

This team is dedicated to implementing robotics technologies and solutions to transform operations inside our data centers. In this role, you will lead across multiple robotics engineering disciplines to develop innovative and industry-leading solutions to enable next generation data center operations. You will collaborate closely with hardware, software and system engineers to ensure seamless product integration, and integration of the solutions into our infrastructure operations.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability, and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $188,000 - $275,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Set the goals for our robotics stack- guiding architecture, systems design, and integration. Collaborate closely with executive leadership to align on Robotics initiatives and roadmap, engineering execution with business goals.
• Build and lead high-performing engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, embedded, and software disciplines within Robotics engineering.
• Lead hardware architecture reviews with software and system teams to identify and address potential gaps in the technical design, ensuring the overall solution performance and scalability.
• Lead and participate in design reviews to address technical issues during the development, document design decisions, specifications, test procedures, and results, maintaining clear and organized records to facilitate knowledge sharing and project continuity.
• Provide technical 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.

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