Roboticist, Robot Foundation Model
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