Principal Robotics Engineer

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Cranberry Township, PA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology
The Role
The Principal Robotics Engineer leads the development of robotics products through early-phase engineering, system design, NPI, and technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

The Robotics Engineer IV is a senior team lead and hands-on engineering contributor who helps define, integrate, and deliver new hardware products involving robotics, electromechanical systems, and automated material handling. This role is focused on early discovery, architecture input, system design, rapid iteration, prototyping, and New Product Introduction (NPI).

The Robotics Engineer IV provides day-to-day technical leadership for assigned engineering workstreams across mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, and systems, while engineers continue to solid-line report to their Functional Leads.

We’re looking for someone with a mechanical or electrical engineering background, strong systems thinking ability, and real-world experience leading portions of complex hardware products from concept to launch.

This role is purpose-built for a hands-on, high-judgment senior engineer and team lead who thrives in ambiguity, loves building new things, and excels at turning early ideas into manufacturable, reliable devices.


Key Responsibilities

1. NPI & Early-Phase Product Development

  • Lead assigned early-phase engineering work: concept development, feasibility, architecture support, and prototyping.

  • Translate product needs into engineering requirements and system-level designs.

  • Help build and drive the technical execution plan through NPI and design transfer for assigned systems and workstreams.

  • Drive fast learning cycles, risk retirement, and design iteration.

2. Technical Ownership & Systems Engineering

  • Help define and maintain system architecture across mechanical, electrical, firmware, sensors, motion control, and integration points.
  • Decompose system requirements into clear subsystem specifications.
  • Lead system tradeoffs and support cross-functional decision-making for assigned areas.
  • Identify and mitigate technical risks proactively.

3. Cross-Functional Technical Leadership

  • Provide day-to-day technical direction and priorities for assigned workstreams, guiding engineers across disciplines as needed.
  • Coordinate engineering activities across disciplines to ensure integration readiness and team alignment.
  • Partner closely with Program Management, Functional Leads, and other technical leaders to build realistic and accountable plans.
  • Work with Product, Quality, Operations, and Manufacturing Engineering to align on needs and tradeoffs.

4. Design Transfer & Verification

  • Help lead the product through EVT, DVT, and PVT, with direct ownership for assigned systems and workstreams.
  • Ensure the design meets manufacturability, reliability, testability, and regulatory requirements.
  • Contribute to system-level verification strategy (performance, reliability, safety) and drive execution for assigned areas.

5. Communication & Influence

  • Communicate technical status, risk, and recommendations clearly to leadership.
  • Represent engineering for assigned systems, subsystems, or workstreams in cross-functional forums.
  • Influence without authority across multiple engineering disciplines.

6. Performance Input

  • Provide structured technical input to Functional Leads as requested for engineers working on the program.
  • Role model engineering rigor, judgment, and systems thinking.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related field.
  • 8+ years experience developing electromechanical or robotics systems.
  • Strong NPI experience: from concept through design transfer.
  • Deep systems engineering mindset and ability to reason across ME/EE/FW/controls.
  • Experience leading or coordinating complex multidisciplinary engineering efforts in a team lead capacity.
  • Strong problem-solving, risk management, and communication skills.

Preferred

  • Experience bringing robotic or automation-based products through design transfer.
  • Familiarity with reliability engineering, hazard analysis, verification planning.

What Success Looks Like

  • Clear team alignment around system architecture input and NPI execution plan for assigned areas
  • Early risk retirement and fast-cycle prototyping
  • Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration, technical direction, and integration discipline
  • Smooth design transfer and high-quality manufacturing ramp
  • Products that meet performance requirements and launches on schedule

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Mechatronics, or related field
  • 8+ years experience developing electromechanical or robotics systems
  • Strong NPI experience: from concept through design transfer
  • Deep systems engineering mindset and ability to reason across ME/EE/FW/controls
  • Experience leading or coordinating complex multidisciplinary engineering efforts in a team lead capacity
  • Strong problem-solving, risk management, and communication skills

Omnicell Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Omnicell and has not been reviewed or approved by Omnicell.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time off offerings are described as ample, including paid sick days, family medical leave, and paid volunteer time, which supports work-life balance for many. Benefits are also indicated to begin on the first day of employment, improving immediate access to time-off related programs.
  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is presented as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance along with mental health benefits. This breadth indicates a well-rounded healthcare package for physical and mental wellbeing.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellbeing and lifestyle supports extend beyond core insurance through items like a fitness stipend, commuter benefits, and a remote work program. These perks broaden the overall rewards package and can improve day-to-day affordability and flexibility.

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The Company
HQ: Mountain View, CA
2,777 Employees
Year Founded: 1992

What We Do

Since 1992, Omnicell (NASDAQ: OMCL) has been transforming the pharmacy care delivery model through the Autonomous Pharmacy, a combination of hardware, software, and services that enables providers to improve quality, reduce costs, and increase human efficiencies. Through Omnicell’s industry-leading medication management platform and portfolio of technology-enabled services, health systems and retail pharmacies are realizing how connected technology and intelligence can help solve for the most pressing challenges in medication management. Over 7,000 facilities worldwide use Omnicell automation and analytics solutions to help increase operational efficiency, reduce medication errors, deliver actionable intelligence, and improve patient safety. More than 50,000 institutional and retail pharmacies across North America and the United Kingdom leverage Omnicell's innovative medication adherence and population health solutions to improve patient engagement and adherence to prescriptions, helping to reduce costly hospital readmissions. To learn more, visit www.omnicell.com

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