Principal Solutions Architect

The role

You will help customers put Moby, a general-purpose robot, to work in their operations. You will turn customer needs into applications, customize the platform, and lead deployments from discovery through production.

What you will do

• Lead discovery and solution design.
• Architect the deployment.
• Set clear expectations with engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
• Own deployments end to end from technical evaluation to production.
• Customize and integrate Moby.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, sensor, and AI integration issues.
• Define and validate measures for task completion and reliability.
• Partner with Sales on evaluations and proposals.
• Create repeatable deployment methods, documentation, and best practices.
• Mentor colleagues as the Application Engineering function grows.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Personal ownership of AI-enabled physical robot deployments.
• Practical experience with robotic perception, learning, and autonomous behavior in real-world applications.
• Working understanding of vision-language-action (VLA) models.
• Experience integrating and troubleshooting robotic hardware, software, sensors, and AI capabilities.
• Track record of taking deployments from evaluation or pilot to reliable operation.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work across technical and commercial teams in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and to work on-site in Sunnyvale regularly.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience deploying humanoids, autonomous mobile robots, mobile manipulation, or other AI-enabled physical systems.
• Hands-on experience integrating, adapting, or evaluating VLA models, learned policies, or perception systems on physical robots.
• Experience with simulation, robot learning workflows, and sim-to-real transfer.
• Experience leading customer discovery, technical demos, proofs of concept, or enterprise solution design.
• Experience supporting industrial customers in construction, mining, energy, manufacturing, or logistics.
• Experience mentoring engineers or building an Application Engineering team.

Benefits

• Equity options
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Retirement plan contributions
• Performance-based incentives
• Relocation assistance may be available

Before you apply

• Share your resume and one or two deployments you personally owned.

About the company

Noble Machines builds multipurpose robots to support human workers in the world's toughest jobs. Their work focuses on delivering impact in heavy industry, from construction and mining to energy.