Research Engineer
Core
Building character robots for everyday environments that feel alive and responsive, focusing on human-robot interaction.
Role type
Senior IC Research Engineer (Robotics & ML)
Builds
Character robots, datasets, firmware, and evaluation metrics for consumer robotics.
Domain
Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, C/C++, embedded systems, electronics, ML model training/evaluation/deployment, edge compute optimization, hardware prototyping, data synthesis/curating, experimental design, technical writing
Preferred skills
Published research, open-source contributions, public technical writing, experience with AI as a research collaborator
Technologies
Python, C/C++, embedded systems, ML frameworks, robotics hardware
Responsibilities
Pick open problems across motion, perception, sensing, actuation, and inference; build end-to-end artifacts from idea to working robot; create and curate datasets; write reproducible technical reports; use AI to map search spaces and pressure-test ideas; work across abstraction layers from circuits to interaction models.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
