Autonomous Systems Architect

Job Overview:

• The Autonomous Systems Architect is tasked with shaping and overseeing the architecture for autonomous robotic platforms that facilitate industrial inspection, construction monitoring, inventory management, safety compliance, asset monitoring, and intelligent field operations.
• This position provides technical leadership in areas such as autonomous navigation, perception systems, sensor fusion, robot orchestration, fleet management, edge computing, and robotics integration.
• The architect works closely with business stakeholders, robotics teams, AI engineers, cloud architects, and client leadership to create scalable, secure, and dependable autonomous solutions tailored for enterprise and industrial settings.
• This role is pivotal in formulating the autonomous systems strategy, outlining technical roadmaps, assessing emerging technologies, and ensuring the successful implementation of next-generation robotic solutions.

Primary Duties:

• Develop comprehensive architecture for autonomous robotic systems and intelligent mobility platforms.
• Lead the design of architecture for robotic dog AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots) and autonomous inspection solutions.
• Establish frameworks for navigation, localization, mapping, and obstacle avoidance.
• Create sensor fusion architectures that incorporate LiDAR, cameras, IMU, GPS, radar, and various industrial sensors.
• Define architectures for perception and decision-making that enable autonomous operations.
• Design fleet management architecture to facilitate multi-robot coordination, monitoring, and mission execution.
• Drive the design of robotics middleware utilizing ROS, ROS2, and distributed robotics frameworks.
• Establish strategies for simulation and validation through digital twins, Gazebo, Isaac Sim, and associated technologies.
• Collaborate with AI and Computer Vision teams to integrate perception intelligence into robotic systems.
• Outline communication architectures linking robots, edge devices, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Oversee technical reviews, architecture assessments, and governance of design activities.
• Assess emerging robotics technologies and propose strategies for their adoption.
• Define standards for safety, reliability, cybersecurity, redundancy, and operational compliance.
• Assist in solution planning, effort estimation, technical proposals, and client engagements.
• Mentor engineering teams while providing technical leadership across autonomous systems initiatives.
• Create reusable architecture patterns, frameworks, and accelerators for robotics solutions.

Technical Qualifications:

• Possess technical ownership of autonomous robotics architecture spanning multiple projects.
• Facilitate the deployment of autonomous systems within industrial and enterprise contexts.
• Establish architecture standards and governance protocols across autonomous programs.
• Contribute to innovation efforts and reusable robotics frameworks.
• Enhance system scalability, safety, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Promote innovation and technological leadership in autonomous systems.
• Improve operational efficiency through advanced robotics solutions.
• Strengthen the safety and reliability of autonomous operations.
• Set enterprise architecture standards for robotics platforms.
• Support the successful integration of robotics with AI, cloud, and edge technologies.
• Influence technology strategy and the direction of solutions.
• Ensure engineering excellence and adherence to architecture governance.
• Facilitate successful client delivery and foster stakeholder engagement.

Preferred Competencies:

Technology->AI-Physical AI-Robotics Algorithm->Forward/Inverse Kinematics,Technology->Automated Testing->Automated Testing - ALL->Rational Robot,Technology->AS/400 technologies->AS/400 technologies - ALL->ROBOT Scheduler,Technology->Mech->Manufacturing->BIW Robotics