Lead / Principal Robotics Engineer - Systems Architecture

🚀 About Lila
Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.  We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at www.lila.ai
If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, we encourage you to apply.

🌟 Your Impact at Lila
As a Lead or Principal Robotics Engineer – Systems Architecture, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and owning the overarching architecture that brings together Lila’s robotics hardware, firmware, perception, control, and AI systems. You’ll define the interfaces, abstraction layers, and integration patterns that enable our platforms to scale—technically and operationally. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role where you’ll work directly with teams across software, hardware, product, and operations to ensure the entire system behaves predictably, performantly, and robustly in real-world settings.

🛠️ What You'll Be Building

• Define and evolve the system architecture for Lila’s robotic platforms
• Specify system requirements and validation plans
• Design and maintain subsystem interfaces
• Lead system-level trade studies and architectural reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional leads to enable integration and reduce risk
• Guide safety analyses and performance evaluations
• Produce architectural diagrams and documentation
• Influence future generations of robotic platforms
• Mentor engineers in architectural design and systems thinking

🧰 What You’ll Need to Succeed

• B.S, M.S, or Ph.D. in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in robotics with 3+ years in system architecture
• Proven track record in architecting robotic or mechatronic systems
• Deep domain expertise in embedded systems, robot software, and controls
• Familiarity with simulation tools (e.g. Isaac Sim)
• Strong communication and documentation skills

✨ Bonus Points For

• Experience with safety and functional reliability standards

🌈 We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

🤝 A Note to Agencies

Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.