Principal Platform Architect – Physical AI Data & Runtime Platform, Kitchener, ON Research & Development We are looking for dedicated and talented people who solve ever-changing challenges, customer needs, and questions from colleagues with clever concepts and creativity. Are you a senior software architect passionate about designing scalable platforms for AI, robotics, industrial data, and execution-oriented applications? Do you enjoy turning technical ambiguity into robust architectures, clear interfaces, and production-grade systems? We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Platform Architect to define the architecture of our Canada-based platform capability that supports robotics data ingestion, validation, transformation, governance, workflow execution, and future runtime-oriented Physical AI applications. APIs, data contracts, event-driven services, ingestion pipelines, workflow and orchestration patterns, security architecture, observability, and system integration concepts. You will work closely with team leadership, AI/ML and robotics specialists, backend engineers, frontend engineers, and DevOps engineers to shape a platform that can scale from early pilots to broader industrial deployment Define the end-to-end platform architecture across data ingestion, metadata management, APIs, workflow execution, connectors, and deployment foundations. Establish architectural principles for a modular platform that can support robotics data use cases today and broader Physical AI workflows over time. Design data contracts, service boundaries, integration patterns, and interface standards for robot, vision, edge, and research-facing systems. Shape the platform architecture for customer data onboarding, dataset versioning, validation, governance, and evaluation support.



Guide decisions around cloud-native services, storage layers, API security, deployment models, and production hardening. Ensure that the platform can evolve cleanly into future domain areas such as Level 3 skill enablement, validation harnesses, and task workflow execution. Mentor engineers across backend, integration, and platform domains and help raise overall technical quality. Contribute to architecture reviews, technical roadmaps, and build-vs-partner decisions where appropriate. Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Robotics, or a related field. Proven experience, typically 10+ years, in software architecture, platform engineering, backend systems, or large-scale distributed applications. Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, APIs, event-driven design, security-by-design, and scalable data platforms. Strong experience defining architecture for complex, cross-functional products with multiple stakeholders and evolving requirements. Familiarity with industrial data systems, AI/ML platform patterns, or robotics-related software systems. Strong communication skills and the ability to explain architecture decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences. Hands-on mindset with the ability to move between strategic architecture and implementation guidance. Experience with robotics software systems, runtime platforms,



workflow engines, ROS/ROS2, or edge integration. Experience in AI/ML data platforms, model evaluation platforms, or MLOps tooling. Exposure to industrial protocols, control-adjacent software environments, or real-time integration constraints. Experience helping recent engineering teams establish architecture from the ground up. Build the founding team and platform capability for a strategic Physical AI initiative in Canada. Innovation: Work at the intersection of robotics, AI, industrial software, workflow orchestration, and platform engineering. Growth: Help define how Physical AI platform capabilities scale from data foundations to runtime-enabled industrial applications.

Salary:
Salary iscommensuratewith experience, and base salary ranges between $140,000
- $185,000 CAD excluding bonus and benefits. In addition to base salary, this role includes eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus ranging from 10 % to 15% of base salary, based on Company performance metrics. Freedom and a healthy work
- life balance– Embrace our versatile work environment with flex hours, telecommuting and digital workspaces. Solve the world’s most significant problems – Be part of exciting and innovative projects. Opportunities to advance your career and mentorship programs on a local and global scale. Rewarding vacation entitlement with the opportunity to buy and sell your vacation depending on your lifestyle. Contribute to our social responsibility initiatives focused on access to education, access to technology and sustaining communities and make a positive impact on the community. Participate in our celebrations, social events and offsite business events. Diversity and inclusivity fo

📌 Principal Platform Architect (Canada)
🏢 Siemens
📍 Canada