Google

Robotics Automation Technical Lead Manager, Platforms Infrastructure

Google$237K — $329K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • 8 years leading robotics product development and cross-functional teams.
  • Expertise in robotic control, planning, kinematics, and mechatronic systems.
  • Experience delivering full-stack robotics solutions.
  • Background in robotics applications development and transitioning R&D to real-world systems.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with executive leadership to strategize Robotics initiatives aligning with business goals.
  • Build and lead diverse engineering teams across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines.
  • Guide internal teams and external partners through the development lifecycle, addressing issues promptly.
  • Deliver a multi-year robotics automation strategy for advanced hardware infrastructures.
  • Manage the deployment of autonomous mobile robots and robotic arms for sensitive data center operations.

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive health plans and wellness programs.
  • Opportunity for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Flexible work environment promoting work-life balance.
  • Participation in an employee stock ownership program.
  • Retirement plan contributions.
Full Job Description
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X This is a specialized role which requires physical interaction with hardware equipment in a simulated data center environment, utilizing Google labs, power, and safety equipment. Regular development and processing of engineering hardware must be performed on site.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams, and robotics product development.
  • Experience in robotic control, planning, kinematics, and mechatronic systems.
  • Experience in shipping full-stack robotics systems.
  • Experience in robotics industry, robotics applications development and turning research and development (R&D) into deployed, real world systems.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with embedded systems (e.g., RTOS, microcontrollers, FPGA), sensor fusion, and actuator control.
  • Experience implementing foundational vision-language-action (VLA) models, imitation learning, and reinforcement learning (RL) pipelines to teach robots dynamic object manipulation.
  • Experience accelerating robot learning with world models and simulation.
  • Familiarity with motion control systems and robotics programming languages (e.g. Robot Operating System) or similar frameworks.
  • Understanding of recent advancements in the robotics field, specifically the application of general-purpose bipedal/wheeled humanoid platforms for flexible, human-centric data center tasks.
  • Understanding of low-latency tele-operation infrastructure, haptic feedback integration, and human-in-the-loop systems for remote hardware interventions and data collection.


About the job

Our Physical Infrastructure Robotics team is dedicated to implementing robotics technologies and solutions to transform operations inside our data centers.

In this role, you will lead the development, integration, and scaling of autonomous physical systems across our global hyperscale data center footprint. 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. You will maximize physical hardware operational uptime, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce safety risks within ultra-high-density compute environments.

Responsibilities
  • 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.
  • Provide management 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.
  • Deliver the multi-year robotics and hardware automation strategy tailored for compute, storage, and specialized liquid-cooled AI hardware infrastructure.
  • Oversee the end-to-end deployment of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and multi-axis robotic arms for handling delicate data center hardware.


The US base salary range for this full-time position is $237,000-$329,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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