Director, Platform Software Engineering, Robotics

Oracle

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On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CASeattle, WANashville, TN
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$122,500–$355,400 / yr
Posted
20 days ago
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TL;DR · Director, Platform Software Engineering, Robotics

As Director, Platform Software Engineering - Robotics, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for building OCI Robotics Cloud, a strategic platform designed to manage heterogeneous robot fleets through secure, scalable, and AI-powered cloud services. You will define the long-term architecture and technical vision for the platform while overseeing the development of critical components including robot identity, mission orchestration, telemetry, digital twins, and software lifecycle management. Your daily work involves building an AI-driven, spec-based onboarding system to automate service contracts and SDK generation. To succeed, you must possess expertise in distributed systems, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud-native architectures. The role requires proficiency with ROS 2, DDS, MQTT, and OPC-UA to solve the complex problem of integrating multi-vendor hardware into a unified cloud operating system for autonomous and intelligent robotics.

What you'll do

  • Define the long-term architecture and technical vision for the OCI Robotics Cloud platform.
  • Build cloud infrastructure for robot registration, identity, fleet management, mission orchestration, and telemetry.
  • Establish common APIs, service contracts, SDKs, and edge service frameworks to support multi-vendor robots.
  • Lead the development of an AI-assisted, spec-driven platform to automate robot onboarding and documentation.
  • Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing cloud engineering organization from the ground up.
  • Drive engineering execution across architecture, reliability, security, and operational excellence for large-scale systems.
  • Partner with Product Management to define roadmaps and customer adoption strategies for robotics services.

What we're looking for

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
  • 12+ years of experience building distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software platforms.
  • 5+ years of engineering management experience leading multiple software engineering teams.
  • Proven experience defining and delivering large-scale cloud platforms from concept to production.
  • Strong technical background in Kubernetes, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Demonstrated success hiring and scaling engineering organizations.
  • Experience with cloud robotics, IoT, autonomous systems, or edge computing platforms (preferred).
  • Familiarity with ROS 2, various robotics communication technologies, or AI-assisted software development (preferred).

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