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title: 'Principal Robotics Systems Engineer at Gather AI'
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# Principal Robotics Systems Engineer at Gather AI

- **Company:** Gather AI
- **Location:** Pittsburgh, PA
- **Posted:** 2026-02-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gatherai/jobs/5031192007

## Job description

## About Us

Are you ready to build the future of supply chain? At Gather AI, we're not just creating software; we're pioneering a new era of warehouse intelligence. We've developed a groundbreaking, vision-powered platform that uses autonomous drones and existing equipment to capture real-time data, completely digitizing workflows that have historically been manual and error-prone. This means facilities operate smarter, safer, and more efficiently, ultimately redefining "on-time, in full" delivery. If you're looking for an opportunity to contribute to truly transformative technology and make a significant impact in a vital industry, Gather AI is the place for you. We're leading the charge in the rapidly evolving robotics industry, and we invite you to join us in reshaping the global supply chain, one intelligent warehouse at a time.

## About You

As a Principal Systems Engineer at Gather AI you will be a technical leader, driving the development and integration of cutting-edge autonomous and passive sensing systems, bridging the gap between product vision, complex system requirements, hardware implementation, and real-world performance.

## What You’ll Do

- Take full technical ownership of the design, architecture, and integration of the autonomous data gathering systems in logistics and material handling environments.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Customers, and cross-functional engineering teams (e.g., Software, Hardware, Cloud, Test) to negotiate and finalize system boundaries and interfaces.
- Serve as a technical leader, mentoring less experienced engineers and setting the standard for systems engineering best practices.
- Possess specific, in-depth knowledge of hardware implementation and integration challenges for both active robotic components (e.g., actuators, controllers) and passive sensing modalities (e.g., RGB cameras, depth cameras).
- Drive trade-off analyses, risk assessment, and mitigation planning for critical system elements.

## Requirements

- BS, MS, or PhD in Systems Engineering, Robotics, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10-15 years of experience in systems engineering, with a significant focus on complex hybrid hardware/software systems.
- Demonstrated technical ownership of major cross-functional product development initiatives.
- Comfort with complex algorithms in the robotics domain - finding, evaluating, and applying algorithms in mixed language (C++/Python) systems.
- Understanding of considerations regarding mechanical mounts, power and RF, and ingress protection.
- Expertise in the integration and performance characterization of passive sensing systems (e.g., perception, localization, mapping) and/or active robotic systems (e.g., navigation, control).
- Proven track record of defining and verifying system requirements for complex autonomous systems.
- Strong communication skills, particularly in writing documents that identify critical requirements and explain challenging problems clearly.
- Persistence and calm leadership in an agile work environment.

## About Gather AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gather AI builds the Physical AI platform for logistics, using AI-powered vision on drones and material handling equipment to digitize warehouse operations in real time.
- **Entity Type**: Private – Series B ($74M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Pittsburgh, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Sankalp Arora (CEO), Geetesh Dubey (Chief Systems Officer), Daniel Maturana (Chief ML Scientist)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Logistics and warehouse management (Physical AI)
- Target customers: B2B, enterprise-scale logistics, manufacturing, retail, aerospace, automotive, and government – customers include GEODIS, NFI Industries, Barrett Distribution Centers, Axon, and dnata
- Mission: To give every facility in a network the same continuous picture of the floor, the intelligence to understand it, and the workflows to act on it – bringing the same intelligence to the physical world that exists in the digital one.

## Products & Services
- **Gather AI Prana Platform**: An end-to-end Physical AI platform with three layers:
  - **SEE**: AI-powered vision on forklift-mounted cameras (for moving items) and drones (for static inventory) that captures ten-plus structured data points per frame, achieving 99.9%+ inventory accuracy.
  - **THINK**: AI reasoning that investigates root cause across inventory, labor, and fulfillment, surfacing ranked, reasoned priorities before each shift.
  - **ACT**: Workflows that route decisions to the right person or system with pre-drafted tasks, closing the loop from capture to action.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: 2.5x year-over-year bookings growth (250% growth); total funding of $74M (including a $40M Series B raised in 2026); average time to ROI is 6 months.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by Tribeca Venture (noted on LinkedIn); deployed with GEODIS, NFI Industries, Barrett Distribution Centers, Axon, dnata, and the U.S. Department of Classified Antiquities.
- **Growth Signals**: Doubled operational footprint in 2026; named to Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies list for 2026; employee headcount grew ~68% year over year to 80+ employees; expanded into government sector; active job postings increased 333% YoY.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Closed-loop Physical AI**: Combines vision (SEE), reasoning (THINK), and action (ACT) in one platform – a unique integration that turns real-time visual data into prioritized tasks and automated workflows.
- **Deep domain expertise**: Founded by Carnegie Mellon robotics PhDs; CTO Andrew Hoffman was a founding engineer at Kiva Systems (now Amazon Robotics); team has decades of warehouse automation experience.
- **Network-wide consistency**: The platform enforces the same standard across every facility, enabling fixes from one building to become playbooks for the whole network.
- **99.9%+ accuracy** down to the case level, maintained continuously, not just during audits.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale platform across multi-facility enterprise networks and new verticals (government, aerospace, automotive).
- Continue investing in AI/ML autonomy and computer vision to expand the “THINK” layer’s root-cause analysis and predictive capabilities.
- Enhance network-wide outcomes by replicating operational playbooks across customer sites.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Radical transparency, candor, accountability, speed, and a people-first approach. Decisions are made openly; everyone has a voice in shaping the company’s future.
- **Work model**: Fully remote or remote-flexible options available.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary and equity, comprehensive medical/dental/vision, 401K, unlimited PTO, monthly wellness benefit, continuing education/tuition support, voluntary life insurance.
- **Engineering culture**: Opportunities to work on cutting-edge AI, ML, autonomy, computer vision, and robotics alongside former Amazon Robotics and CMU experts. Real customer impact at scale.

## Sources
1. [gather.ai](https://gather.ai)  
2. [gather.ai/company](https://gather.ai/company)  
3. [gather.ai/careers](https://gather.ai/careers)  
4. [gather.ai/about](https://www.gather.ai/about)  
5. [linkedin.com/company/gather-ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gather-ai)

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