CareerPlan

Roboticist, Robot Foundation Model

Sunnyvale, California USAFull-time2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10
HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

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

Role type

Senior IC roboticist (robot foundation model)

Builds

Offline 3D reconstruction systems and high-quality 3D world geometry from vehicle sensor data

Domain

Robotics + Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Robot manipulation, C++, Python, Robotics fundamentals, Machine Learning fundamentals, Experiment design, Data quality assessment, Model evaluation

Preferred skills

Publications in top-tier conferences (ICRA, CoRL, IROS), PhD

Technologies

C++, Python, Vehicle sensor suites, Localization, Mapping, State estimation, Sensor fusion

Responsibilities

Debugging across hardware, software, and ML systems; Translating research into robust systems; Designing experiments and evaluating models; Developing offline 3D reconstruction capabilities from heterogeneous vehicle platforms

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC