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Roboticist, Robot Foundation Model

Sunnyvale, California USA💼 Full-time💰 $184,200–$240,000🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-25

Core

Building foundation models for general-purpose robots (mobile manipulators, dual-arm, humanoids) that can perceive, reason, move, and manipulate the physical world.

Role type

Founding Roboticist (Robot Foundation Model)

Builds

Intelligent agents for physical world interaction across diverse embodiments

Domain

Robotics + Foundation Models

Deliverable

production ML models | physical/clinical work

Required skills

robot manipulation, robot hardware integration, C++, Python, ROS/ROS2, control systems, planning algorithms, machine learning fundamentals, data collection strategy, debugging hardware/software

Preferred skills

publications in ICRA/CoRL/IROS, PhD in robotics/ML

Technologies

C++, Python, ROS, ROS2

Responsibilities

Build/maintain/operate robot hardware; implement robot software (control, planning); develop policy deployment and data collection infrastructure; run experiments and define data pilots; debug hardware/software/policy failures; build deployment and regression tests

Seniority

Founding member, 0→1 ownership

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