Bosch
Chief Expert Robotics
$330K–$350K
Sunnyvale, CA, United States +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Pittsburgh, PA, United States - Experience
- Minimum 8+ years in robotics and autonomous systems development.
- Education
- Master's degree or PhD in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
About the job
Leads robotics research and end-to-end deployment, taking physical autonomous systems from prototype to reliable production use while setting technical direction and coordinating teams and partners.
What you'll do
- Architect and implement production-ready robotic systems for manufacturing, logistics, and field applications.
- Set the robotics research roadmap and make decisions on system architecture, hardware-software co-design, and make-or-buy strategies.
- Mentor interdisciplinary teams and collaborate with business units, customers, startups, and academic partners.
What they ask for
- At least 8 years of professional experience in robotics and autonomous systems, including successful development or production deployment of physical AI/robotic systems.
- Deep expertise in robotics technology stacks, robotic learning, perception and state estimation, manipulation, and grasping.
- Hands-on experience with GPU-accelerated simulation, teleoperation/data collection, hardware-in-the-loop testing, and safety and reliability practices.
- Fluent written and spoken English.
Nice to have
- Background in robotics startups, scale-ups, or innovation-focused teams.
- Experience with iterative prototyping methodologies and rapid development cycles.
Pay
USD $330,000-$350,000 base salary
Tools
ROS/ROS 2, modern C++, Python, Linux/RTOS, NVIDIA Isaac Sim/Lab, MuJoCo, CAN bus
AI focus
Pioneers and applies AI algorithms and robotic learning methods—including Imitation Learning, Diffusion Policy, ACT, Reinforcement Learning, and Foundation Models including VLMs/VLAs—to autonomous robotic systems.
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