System Architect Mobile Robot Platform

Jabil


Job Location:

Lexington, KY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL) we are proud to be a trusted partner for the worlds top brands offering comprehensive engineering supply chain and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced System Architect to lead the end-to-end system design of a new mobile robot platform. This role is responsible for defining the overall architecture across hardware firmware software networking and cloud integration to deliver a scalable reliable and manufacturable robotic system. The ideal candidate will bridge product vision and technical execution guiding cross-functional teams from concept through production and lifecycle support.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the system-level architecture for a next-generation mobile robot platform including compute sensors power communications and software stack.
  • Define requirements interfaces and performance budgets (power compute latency thermal safety).
  • Lead architectural decisions and trade studies across mechanical electrical firmware autonomy and cloud systems.
  • Establish and maintain system documentation including architecture diagrams interface control documents (ICDs) and design specifications.
  • Ensure alignment with functional safety cybersecurity and regulatory requirements.
  • Guide technology selection for sensors compute platforms middleware networking and OTA updates.
  • Support prototype development validation and transition to manufacturing.
  • Mentor engineers and act as the primary technical authority for system-level decisions.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Robotics Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related field (Masters preferred).
  • 8 years of experience in systems engineering or architecture with direct experience in mobile robotics or autonomous systems.
  • Proven experience designing multi-disciplinary systems combining hardware embedded software and higher-level software.
  • Strong understanding of mobile robot architectures embedded Linux sensors and networking.
  • Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience bringing robotic products from concept to production.
  • Familiarity with ROS ROS 2 DDS and modern autonomy stacks.
  • Experience with Nvidia platforms.
  • Knowledge of functional safety reliability engineering and design for manufacturability.

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