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Research Engineer – Robotics & Embodied AI
Elorian
Palo Alto, CA
As a foundation model company, Elorian aims to empower robotics developers through advanced visual reasoning, spatial understanding, and high-quality robotics data solutions. We are looking…
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Founding Research Engineer, Robot Learning
True Talent Solutions Partners
San Francisco, CA
- $260,000 to $300,000 USD / year
A physical AI data infrastructure company is seeking its first robot learning hire to test how synthetic training data affects robot policy performance. You will work with research,…
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Perception Engineer (Technical Lead, Engineering) - 30883
HII
Virginia Beach, VA
Testing and Performance Analysis • Conduct rigorous testing of perception systems on real hardware and in operational environments, including maritime conditions • Evaluate performance…
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Senior Robotics Engineer, Robot Learning
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Cypress, CA
We're looking for a Senior Robotics Engineer to own the technical implementation of robot learning in our Automation Program. High-mix assembly is one of the hardest problems in…
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Senior Robotics Engineer, Production
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Cypress, CA
You and our Senior Robotics Engineer, Robot Learning work as one loop. They take on the tasks fixtures and programming can't reach yet, and what they learn comes back to you: trained…
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Perception Engineer (Technical Lead, Engineering) - 30883
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Andromeda Robotics
San Francisco, CA
- $200,000 to $240,000 USD / year
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Robotics Research Engineer - Robot Simulation and Evaluation
NVIDIA USA
CA
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VLA Algorithm Engineer – Simulation Data Generation & World Models
Maxinsights
Santa Clara, CA
We're looking for a VLA Algorithm Engineer working at the intersection of robotics, simulation, and world models to help advance our embodied AI foundation models. You'll build and optimize…
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Software Engineer - Manipulation
Apptronik
Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX
- $180,000 to $240,000 USD / year
This role will bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and scalable, reliable production software. Working closely with the simulation, data, hardware, and systems teams, this engineer…
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- Build simulation-based and on-robot evaluation frameworks, with benchmarks and metrics that make tactile perception and policy performance systematically comparable across iterations.
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Laboratory Automation Engineer (Robotics and Digital Twins)
Axle
Bethesda, MD
The Laboratory Automation Engineer will program, integrate, and keep running the robots of the autonomous laboratory in Bethesda, starting with the BAB400, so that biological experiments…
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Research Engineer, Robotics, DeepMind
Google
Cambridge, MA
As a Robotics Research Engineer, you will connect physical and simulated robot platforms to our research and machine learning software stack. Your core focus is to build a unified software…
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Sr. AI & Automation Engineer, Robotics
Intuitive
Sunnyvale, CA
As a Senior AI & Automation Engineer, you will build the AI tools, automation systems, integrations, and evaluation capabilities that help researchers and engineers train, test, and…
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Principal Applied Robotics Engineer
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Rochester, MN
Enterprise robotics at Mayo Clinic spans clinical and surgical robotics and service and mobile robotics logistics, transport, environmental services, and patient-facing platforms delivered…
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DeepMind
Cambridge, MA
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Automation and Robotics deployment Leader # 26-26597
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Chicago, IL
- $68 to $70.5 USD / hour
Demonstrated experience evaluating, implementing, or supporting industrial robotics and automation deployments in operating brownfield manufacturing, logistics, laboratory, or similar…
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Robotics Systems & Simulation Engineer
Xaira Therapeutics
South San Francisco, CA
As a Robotics Systems & Simulation Engineer, you will connect digital environments with physical systems and make robotic capabilities easier to adapt to new equipment and settings. You…
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Robotics
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- $370,040 to $419,760 USD / year
We’re looking for a hands-on Machine Learning Engineer with a strong robotics background who understands how a real vehicle senses, estimates its state, and moves. You’ll identify where our…
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- $10,000 USD / month
The AI Residency Program is designed for exceptional early-career researchers and engineers who want to tackle some of the hardest problems in robotics and AI. Residents will work alongside…
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Principal Applied Robotics Engineer
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Robotics Engineer
mcfa
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Apptronik

Software Engineer - Manipulation

Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Austin, TX, United States

$180,000 to $240,000 USD / year

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Pay: $180,000 to $240,000 USD / year
Experience: An MS with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a recent PhD, in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 27, 2026

Original job description

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.

We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

JOB SUMMARY

The Software Engineer - Manipulation is a core contributor to our robot's ability to interact with the world reliably and precisely. This role is responsible for developing and deploying learning-based manipulation policies, with a focus on post-training methods that adapt and improve those policies on real tasks and physical hardware.

This role will bridge the gap between cutting-edge research and scalable, reliable production software. Working closely with the simulation, data, hardware, and systems teams, this engineer will take manipulation policies from demonstration data through post-training to robust deployment across our fleet.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Implement and deploy state-of-the-art learning-based manipulation policies to achieve reliable, world-class performance on real-world tasks with physical hardware.
Adapt and improve policies for new tasks and hardware using post-training methods such as RL fine-tuning, policy distillation, and interactive imitation learning (e.g., DAgger).
Build and maintain the data pipelines that support post-training, including teleoperation and demonstration collection, retargeting, dataset aggregation, and curation.
Drive the development cycle from simulation and offline evaluation to robustly transferring and fine-tuning policies on the robot.
Develop visuomotor policies for grasping, in-hand manipulation, and whole-arm manipulation, with reliable, low-latency execution on hardware.
Define evaluation metrics and regression tests for policy performance in simulation and on hardware, and use the results to guide technical decisions.
Collaborate closely with the simulation, data, hardware, and systems teams to diagnose system-level issues and co-develop solutions.
Maintain high standards for the codebase through testing, documentation, and peer code reviews.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Technical Skills (Must-Have)

Manipulation: Strong experience in robotic manipulation, including grasping, in-hand or whole-arm control, and high-DOF motion, with a track record of hardware deployment.
Learning-Based Control: Hands-on experience training and debugging learned policies, including post-training methods such as RL fine-tuning, distillation, and imitation learning (e.g., DAgger).
Software Engineering: Proficiency in Python, C++, and PyTorch or JAX, with experience building real-time robotic software stacks.
Data & Evaluation: Experience working with demonstration and teleoperation data, and building evaluation pipelines for learned policies.

Good to Have

Simulation Environments: Experience with physics engines such as IsaacSim, MuJoCo, or Drake for policy training and validation.
Generalist Policies: Experience adapting large, general-purpose manipulation policies to specific tasks and embodiments.
Teleoperation: Experience with VR/haptic interfaces and retargeting algorithms for human-in-the-loop control.
Tactile Sensing: Experience integrating tactile/haptic feedback into manipulation pipelines.
Computer Vision: Familiarity with 6D pose estimation, point cloud processing, or visual-servoing.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

An MS with 3+ years of relevant experience, or a recent PhD, in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Relevant experience specifically focused on learning-based manipulation or a closely related area.
A proven track record of taking learned policies from a research/simulation environment and successfully deploying them on physical hardware.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
Hearing and speech to communicate

The annual salary range is $180,000 - $240,000

*This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

Apptronik provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Research
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Python
C++
PyTorch
Estimating
Computer science
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