Principal Platform Software Engineer - Robotics

Oracle•United States,

About The Position

Join Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a Senior Principal Product Manager for Robotics Automation. You will define the product vision, roadmap, and initial scope for a new platform that helps scientific and enterprise customers automate physical workflows reliably and safely. This is a senior individual-contributor role for a technically strong product leader. You will work closely with customers, scientists, engineering, applied science, hardware and automation partners, and OCI platform teams to turn real operating workflows into a clear, scalable product direction. Initially, you will lead discovery and product definition: identify the most valuable customer problems, define the first pilot use cases, establish success measures, and recommend what should be built next. You will also help shape the longer-term platform strategy for integrating robots, instruments, workflow systems, and cloud services.

Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, Life Sciences, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of product management experience for highly technical products, platforms, cloud services, automation systems, or enterprise software.
Experience defining product vision, roadmaps, requirements, and success measures for complex customer-facing products.
Experience working closely with technically demanding customers and translating detailed workflows into scalable product capabilities.
Strong technical judgment across cloud platforms, distributed systems, workflow orchestration, data platforms, APIs, or automation systems.
Demonstrated ability to make clear trade-offs among scope, customer value, safety, reliability, cost, and time to market.
Experience defining and evaluating pilot programs, including measurable business and operational outcomes.
Strong written, analytical, customer-engagement, and executive-communication skills.
11 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's of Technology (B.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 7 years of experience in software development OR Master's of Technology (M.Tech) Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 5 years of experience in software development OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Information Systems, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Mathematics, Physics, or related field AND 3 year of experience in software development.
Data Analysis: Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to produce actionable business insights.
Agile Methodologies: Demonstrated ability to use agile methodologies to drive continuous improvement and product delivery.
Automation: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of automation, including designing, implementing, and managing automated tools, processes, or systems to streamline operations.
Compliance: Demonstrated knowledge of and adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational compliance requirements.
Quality Assurance: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of quality assurance, including ensuring adherence to standards and implementing quality control measures.
Scripting Languages: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of scripting languages, including writing and maintaining scripts to improve system efficiency.
Software Test Plans: Demonstrated ability to develop and execute effective software test plans to validate product quality.
User Experience Development: Demonstrated ability in or knowledge of user experience development, including designing intuitive and effective user interfaces and content.
Code Review: Demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth code reviews for software quality assurance.
Embedded Systems: Demonstrated ability to develop embedded systems, balancing hardware and software for optimal performance.
Software Estimation: Demonstrated ability to provide accurate software effort and complexity estimates for project planning and scheduling.
6 years of experience with programming and/or scripting languages (e.g., SQL, C/C++, JavaScript).
4 years of experience with databases.

Nice To Haves

Experience with robotics, lab automation, industrial automation, scientific workflows, AI-enabled systems, or hardware-software products is strongly preferred.
1 year of experience working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
3 years of experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google, Oracle Cloud).

Responsibilities

Define the vision, product strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities for Robotics Automation.
Work directly with strategic customers, scientists, lab operators, and automation partners to understand workflows, constraints, and unmet needs.
Identify and prioritize the first pilot use cases; define customer value, desired outcomes, acceptance criteria, and measures of success.
Translate customer and business needs into clear product requirements, user journeys, policies, and engineering priorities.
Partner with the Robotics Platform Engineer to evaluate technical options, make scope and sequencing decisions, and balance customer value, safety, reliability, cost, and delivery time.
Define the product model for managing organizations, shared resources, access rules, workload priorities, and operational policies.
Establish success measures for adoption, workflow completion, operator intervention, reliability, resource use, cost, and customer value.
Define the requirements for administrator, monitoring, and troubleshooting experiences in partnership with Shared Experience & Authoring.
Build the case for future investment in Robotics Automation based on pilot results, customer feedback, market opportunity, and technical feasibility.
Drive the product lifecycle from discovery and prototype through pilot, launch, and continuous improvement.
Communicate strategy, trade-offs, progress, risks, and recommendations to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
Influence across Product, Engineering, Applied Science, Security, Operations, Finance, and customer teams without formal authority.