# Principal Platform Software Engineer (Robotics and Lab Automation)

We are developing reusable software to integrate and coordinate diverse robots, scientific instruments, and laboratory equipment. These capabilities will enable reliable execution of physical tasks and capture of experimental data, helping scientists develop and operate intelligent, automated laboratories. We are seeking a Principal Platform Software Engineer with deep experience in robotics software, process automation, and physical system integration. Working with scientists, product teams, hardware engineers, and AI specialists, you will translate emerging requirements and prototypes into reliable platforms, owning capabilities from design and implementation through deployment and operation. This is a hands-on individual contributor role requiring strong software engineering skills and practical knowledge of robotic systems, equipment controllers, sensors, actuators, and their software interfaces. You will solve complex hardware and software integration challenges, guide technical decisions, and build reusable automation capabilities that accelerate scientific discovery. Practical experience applying AI-including tool use, context management, orchestration, and evaluation-will h

- **Id**: 3938056
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/oracle-principal-platform-software-engineer-robotics-and-lab-automation>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T08:26:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T23:31:08Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10029
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Laboratory & Pharmaceutical Robotics, CRM Software, ERP & Business Management Software, HR & Payroll Software

## Company

- **Id**: 53
- **Name**: Oracle
- **Domain**: oracle.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/oracle>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 90
- **Open postings**: 341
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.598
- **Repost share**: 0.021
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 11
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **State Management** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Docker** — Optional: yes
- **EtherCAT** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **LIMS** — Optional: yes
- **LLM Evaluation** — Optional: yes
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: yes
- **Motion Planning** — Optional: yes
- **OPC UA** — Optional: yes
- **RAG** — Optional: yes
- **ROS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T10:23:39Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 56
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.623
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 11
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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