Principal Engineer Robotics

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Location: United States
- Minneapolis, MN

Pay: $113,600 - $175,700

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

We are seeking a Principal Robotics Engineer
- Machine Integration Lead to join the TNC Robotics Product Development and R&D organization. This Engineer is responsible for leading technical execution of systems & architecture integration across complex electro-mechanical, software, and partner technologies (such as Brain Corp) into TNC Robotics cleaning solutions.

The Machine Integration Lead Engineer is responsible for delivering integrated systems using technical rigor to translate the product vision into functional, compliant, and cost-effective designs. Success is measured by the robustness in execution of system architectures, integration speed, and the successful application of new technologies to complex problems.

The Machine Integration Lead Engineer is responsible for leading technical team execution against the overall system definition & development plans, and leading in delivery of system integration events across New Product Development (NPD) efforts:

• Technical Planning & Work Breakdown Leadership: Lead cross-functional technical planning by identifying key decisions and linking knowledge-building work. Define system scope in a clear WBS with deliverables, interfaces, and owners. Drive technical team execution against an integrated project plan (milestones, integration events, V&V, dependencies) to deliver on commitments,
  ** escalate
  * * risks, trade-offs, and corrective actions to keep development on track.
• Requirements Translation & Specification: Translate customer, business, and technical requirements into clear technical specifications and linked to verification & validation (V&V) activities.
• System Architecture & Integration: Lead in the delivery and integration of system & sub-system level design efforts, focusing on well-defined interfaces across system boundaries, and delivering integrated designs that meets overall machine cost, performance, and quality requirements.
• Technical Rigor & Design Reviews: Lead cross-functional teams through disciplined design reviews that surface risk mitigation early, drive actionable feedback, and align stakeholders on decisions. Ensure reviews demonstrate requirements compliance, V&V strategy/progress, and readiness for prototype and production builds—including manufacturing, sourcing, and quality plans
• Prototyping & De-risking
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  Lead in the planning, building, and coordination of Prototype build & integration events that support verification & validation (V&V) of Proofs-of-Concept (POCs) and Requirements, ensuring risks are identified and reduced throughout the product development process.
• Partner Technology Integration: Lead end-to-end integration of partner technologies by defining interface requirements, owning the integration and verification plan, and aligning partners and internal teams on technical expectations and decision timelines.
• Risk Mitigation & Compliance: Evaluate design risks using formalized tools such as DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and HARA (Hazard and Risk Analysis). Ensure design compliance by applying applicable industry standards (e.g., UL, IEC,…