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Sr. Staff Systems Engineer, Perception-Planner Risk
Waymo
Mountain View, CA
Vehicular robotics (development or evaluation)
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Staff Systems Engineer, Simulation Systems Verification and Validation Lead
Zoox
Foster City, CA
- $208,000 to $287,000 USD / year
8+ years of experience in verification and validation of safety-critical systems that contain software or autonomy (for example autonomous vehicles, ADAS, aerospace guidance and flight…
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Senior / Staff Sim-to-Real Engineer (Tendon-based Robotic Hands)
Apptronik
Austin, TX
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…
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Senior Firmware Engineer (MATLAB/Simulink)
Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, CA
…competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not…
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Electrical Engineer
Actalent
Pocasset, MA
- $45 to $65 USD / hour
Exciting Electrical Engineer Opportunity!This Electrical Engineer role focuses on designing, integrating, and validating electrical and electromechanical systems that support advanced…
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Physical AI Engineer, Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton_United States
Washington, DC
Advance the future of autonomous systems, robotics, and embodied intelligence. As a Physical AI leader, you will shape, design, and deploy next generation robotic and multimodal AI…
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Senior Electrical Engineer at Arn Autonomy
Cox Exponential
United States
Arn Autonomy is building autonomous, non-humanoid robotic systems to construct
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UAV Trainer
UFORCE
Remote, United States
UFORCE builds uncrewed vessels, ground robotics and aircraft, autonomy software, and the command-and-control layer that operates them together. Each platform is deployable on its own, and…
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AI Specialist, G&A
UFORCE
Remote, United States
UFORCE builds uncrewed vessels, ground robotics and aircraft, autonomy software, and the command-and-control layer that operates them together. Each platform is deployable on its own, and…
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In-House Creator
Genesis
San Carlos, CA
- Develop recurring formats, such as lab updates, engineer explainers, and first-attempt robot reels, that the team can count on and the audience comes back for.
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Manufacturing Engineer, Mechanical (Dive-XL)
Anduril Industries
Quincy, MA · Quonset, RI
…competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not…
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Senior Software Engineer, Map Platform
Nuro
Mountain View, CA
Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with…
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Senior Process Engineer, NA SSD Network, Sub Same Day Process Engineering
Amazon.com Services LLC
Bellevue, WA
…packages which includes building custom hardware and applying robotics, autonomy, supply chain optimization, machine learning, manipulation, image processing, and real-time data processing…
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Power & Energy Storage Engineer
Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, CA
…competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not…
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Project Engineer, UAS Development
Firestorm
United States
…commitment to engineering excellence. Firestorm is seeking a Project Engineer to drive execution and coordination across the full development lifecycle of our unmanned aerial systems. This…
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Lead Communications Engineer (SATCOM / RF / Acoustics) - Maritime
Anduril Industries
Costa Mesa, CA
…competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not…
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Physical AI Autonomy Segment Portfolio Manager
Irving, TX
…expertise in physical systems with software, connectivity, autonomy, and AI, we deliver solutions that work in the real world - on real jobsites, at global…
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Software Engineer: Perception (II,III)
Lodestar
Los Angeles, CA
As a Software Engineer II/III - Perception at Lodestar, you’ll be joining the perception and machine vision teams to rapidly grow our vision and perception models at MITHRIL’s center.
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Founding Robotics Engineer
Prevail Recruiting
San Diego, CA
The strongest candidates bring depth in at least one core robotics discipline and the systems knowledge to work across the full stack. You should be comfortable deriving an algorithm,…
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Senior Cyber Security Engineer - Identity and Device Management, & Networking Security
Latitude AI
Dearborn, MI · Palo Alto, CA · Pittsburgh, PA
Latitude AI (lat.ai) is building the future of Ford’s autonomy roadmap to make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. Bringing this vision to scale, our fully…
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Senior Flight Test Engineer - Software Automation
Skydio
San Mateo, CA
- $150,000 to $200,000 USD / year
Autonomous drones are complex systems operating in uncontrolled environments. Onboard autonomy and hardware have to work together on every flight, along with the mobile and browser…
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Software Engineer II - Offboard Python Application
Latitude AI
Remote, United States
Latitude AI (lat.ai) is building the future of Ford’s autonomy roadmap to make travel safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone. Bringing this vision to scale, our fully…
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Senior Autonomy Engineer, Integration
May Mobility
Ann Arbor, MI
…easily and with a lot more fun. We’re building the world’s best autonomy system to reimagine transit by minimizing congestion, expanding access and encouraging better land use in order to…
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Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Perception & AI
Symbotic LLC
USA Wilmington, MA
Symbotic is seeking for a Staff Robotics Software Engineer, Perception & AI to join our Perception team within our Mobile Robotics organization. Your job will be to develop robust,…
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Design Engineer III
MP Materials Corp.
Fort Worth, TX
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) is rebuilding American industrial capability for a new era of autonomy, robotics, and electrification.

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Founding Robotics Engineer

San Diego, CA, United States

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About the Role You will develop robotic and autonomous systems that connect sensing, computation, planning, controls, and physical hardware. Your work will span system architecture, algorithm development, embedded integration, simulation, and testing on real platforms.

The strongest candidates bring depth in at least one core robotics discipline and the systems knowledge to work across the full stack. You should be comfortable deriving an algorithm, implementing it in production software, diagnosing unexpected hardware behavior, and validating performance through repeatable experiments.

What You’ll Do

• Own robotics development from concept through deployment. Translate operational needs into system requirements, architectures, interfaces, and measurable acceptance criteria.

• Develop autonomy capabilities. Build and integrate algorithms for state estimation, localization, mapping, perception, motion planning, or control according to platform needs.

• Connect algorithms to physical hardware. Integrate sensors, actuators, embedded computers, and communication interfaces into reliable robotic systems.

• Build production robotics software. Develop modular, testable C++ and Python software with attention to timing, concurrency, resource constraints, and fault handling.

• Develop simulation and validation tools. Create software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop workflows to evaluate behavior before and during physical testing.

• Engineer for real operating conditions. Address sensor noise, calibration errors, communication delays, actuator limits, uncertain environments, and limited compute resources.

• Design and execute experiments. Instrument systems, collect data, establish performance baselines, and use results to guide improvements.

• Diagnose failures across disciplines. Trace problems through software, electronics, mechanics, and algorithms to identify root causes.

• Build dependable system behavior. Implement health monitoring, operating limits, fault detection, and appropriate recovery or safe-state behavior.

• Collaborate across engineering teams. Work with mechanical, electrical, embedded, and AI engineers to resolve system tradeoffs and deliver integrated hardware.

Required Qualifications

Degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
Demonstrated ownership of a robotic or autonomous system tested on physical hardware.
Strong programming skills in C++ and Python, including debugging and profiling on Linux.
Strong foundations in linear algebra, coordinate transformations, probability, numerical methods, and rigid-body motion.
Deep expertise in at least one of the following areas, with working knowledge of adjacent disciplines:

• Estimation and localization: sensor fusion, Kalman filtering, visual or inertial odometry, SLAM, or optimization-based estimation.

• Planning and controls: trajectory generation, motion planning, feedback control, dynamics, or model predictive control.

• Perception: geometric vision, 3D reconstruction, object detection, tracking, or scene understanding.

• Robotics systems: embedded integration, middleware, real-time execution, sensor interfaces, or distributed robotic software.

Experience with ROS 2 or comparable robotics middleware, including communication, transforms, logging, and diagnostics.
Practical experience integrating and calibrating sensors such as cameras, IMUs, LiDAR, GNSS, encoders, or force sensors.
Ability to validate algorithms against physical measurements and explain discrepancies between simulation and real-world behavior.
Clear technical communication and the ability to make progress through ambiguous engineering problems.

Preferred Experience

Autonomous aircraft, mobile robots, manipulators, unmanned vehicles, or other complex electromechanical platforms.
End-to-end ownership of a subsystem from mathematical formulation through implementation and field validation.
Real-time systems, embedded Linux, microcontrollers, motor controllers, or deterministic communication.
GPU programming, model optimization, or deploying perception models on constrained hardware.
Learning-based robotics, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or vision-language-action models, supported by physical deployment results.
Integrating AI models or LLM-based task planning with validated low-level controls and explicit execution constraints.
Simulation tools such as Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo, or equivalent environments.
System identification, actuator characterization, calibration optimization, or uncertainty analysis.
Field testing, reliability improvements, and transitioning research prototypes into repeatable deployments.
Peer-reviewed research, open-source contributions, robotics competitions, or independently built systems that demonstrate exceptional technical execution.

What Strong Candidates Can Demonstrate We value technical depth, sound judgment, and evidence of working systems. Candidates should be prepared to discuss:

A robot or autonomous subsystem they personally designed, implemented, and tested.
The mathematical foundations and engineering tradeoffs behind their approach.
Their specific contribution across algorithms, software, and hardware integration.
A difficult failure, how they isolated its cause, and what they changed.
Measured results such as localization error, tracking accuracy, task completion rate, control performance, latency, or operating reliability.
How they established the conditions under which the system could operate successfully.

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Skills

Robotics
Industrial software
Estimating
Communication skills
C++
Python
Gather data
Computer science
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Aerospace engineering
Debugging
Linux
SLAM
Manage schedule of tasks
Gazebo
Research

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