Tech Lead - AI and Runtime Orchestration Harness (f/m/div.)

Tech Lead - AI and Runtime Orchestration Harness (f/m/div.)Full-timeLegal Entity: Robert Bosch GmbHCompany DescriptionAt Bosch, we shape the future with technologies that enrich people’s lives. Join Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH as the hands-on architect of Robotics AI within our initial Industrial Robot Skills team. Define how predictive models, reasoning, executable skills and control work together, then implement and test the critical ideas on real robots. Welcome to Bosch.The Robert Bosch GmbH is looking forward to your application!Job DescriptionAs part of our team, you will own the architecture of the runtime harness, connecting task planning, skill selection, and dispatch with execution state, feedback, and recovery. You define clear boundaries between AI proposals and controlled execution.You will build AI-assisted planning and reasoning capabilities using well-defined tools and interfaces. This includes validating plans against available skills, state, and operational constraints while handling timeouts, invalid outputs, and uncertainty.Additionally, you will integrate robot runtimes and factory systems through ROS 2 or orchestration APIs, MES/OT interfaces, PLC handshaking, and industrial event flows. You resolve state consistency, concurrency, and ordering issues.You will design observability, replayable traces, fallback paths, and operator intervention. Working with safety and security specialists, you ensure that the harness respects plant protection and control responsibilities.Furthermore, you will lead implementation and technical reviews while working with dedicated QA on simulation, fault injection, and plant validation. You demonstrate end-to-end reliability, latency, and recovery through reproducible evidence.Using our Agentic AI Software Factory, you will develop implementation and verification tooling. You treat the runtime AI harness as the product being engineered, complete with its own tests, configurations, and release evidence.QualificationsEducation:completed Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Automation Engineering, Control Engineering or a related fieldExperience and Knowledge:hands-on experience in designing and implementing stateful AI execution systems integrated with physical or industrial environmentsstrong proficiency in Python/C++ or equivalent, including agent/tool orchestration, durable execution state, concurrency, and distributed failure handlingpractical knowledge of action validation and recovery mechanisms, including retries, idempotency, cancellation, and recovery across external interfacesproven ability to connect non-deterministic planning with observable, constrained execution, including integration with robot APIs or MES/OT/PLC systemsdemonstrated experience with deployed systems, supported by measurable evidence on latency, reliability, and incidentstechnical leadership through code and technical reviews; relevant research counts when backed by a working integrated system and rigorous evaluationfamiliarity with technologies such as AI tool interfaces, planning and state machines, ROS 2, OPC UA, MQTT/Sparkplug, runtime tracing, and fault-injection testingchatbot prototypes, prompt engineering, or high-level architecture alone are insufficientPersonality and Working Practice:you are a hands-on technical leader who builds complex systems, challenges assumptions, and connects AI capabilities with disciplined runtime engineeringEnthusiasm:making AI-assisted coordination useful and reliable in operating factoriesLanguages:very good spoken and written German and EnglishAdditional Informationhttps://www.bosch-ai.comwww.bosch.com/researchAs a global company, we are legally required to comply with applicable EU and U.S. (re-)export control and sanctions regulations. This means that for certain, particularly sensitive positions, we may only hire individuals who have undergone an additional legal screening. This position is one such sensitive role. We will therefore ask you for additional information required for this screening as the application process continues. You can find information about the processing of your data in ourPrivacy Noticefor the application process.Permanent, open-ended position in the engineering organization for Robert Bosch Robotics GmbH.Apply with your CV and two technical cases: a stateful AI/tool execution system and a physical or industrial integration, which may be the same project. Explain your code, architecture, failure recovery and measured results. Share artifacts where permitted; anonymized accounts are accepted.We offer flexible working models: from part-time options to mobile working and job sharing. Diversity and inclusion are firmly anchored in our culture.Need support during your application?Meltem Rudolph (Human Resources)+49 174 1744961Need further information about the job?Jan Schneider-Kraus (Functional Department)+49 172 9749480Work #LikeABosch starts here: Apply now!By clicking the link above or any third-party link within this posting, you are leaving this site and going to a third-party website where the third-party website's terms and privacy policy applyJob LocationGoogle Maps requires functional cookies to be enabledI'm interestedI'm interestedPrivacy NoticeImprint