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Robotics Software Engineer (Generalist/Full-Stack)
Robotic Software Engineer Humanoid Robotics
Palo Alto, SF Bay Area (Full-time | Onsite)
$180k$200k equity (flexible for exceptional candidates)
We are recruiting building next-generation humanoid robotic systems that combine advanced AI with cutting-edge hardware. Our team moves fast, prototypes aggressively, and puts real robots into the world. Were now hiring a Robotic Software Engineer to help shape our core software stack and accelerate the development of our embodied AI systems.
What Youll Work On
As part of a small, high-impact engineering team, you will:
Must-haves
Robotic Software Engineer Humanoid Robotics
Palo Alto, SF Bay Area (Full-time | Onsite)
$180k$200k equity (flexible for exceptional candidates)
We are recruiting building next-generation humanoid robotic systems that combine advanced AI with cutting-edge hardware. Our team moves fast, prototypes aggressively, and puts real robots into the world. Were now hiring a Robotic Software Engineer to help shape our core software stack and accelerate the development of our embodied AI systems.
What Youll Work On
As part of a small, high-impact engineering team, you will:
- Build and optimise robotics software in C and ROS2
- Integrate perception, control, planning, and learning modules
- Work hands-on with robots to bring up new hardware and run real-world experiments
- Deploy reinforcement learning / imitation learning policies onto physical robots
- Develop middleware, interfaces, and tooling that connect AI hardware
- Prototype behaviours across diverse robot types (arms, humanoids, mobile platforms, drones)
Must-haves
- Strong C development skills (multi-threading, performance, systems-level)
- Professional experience with ROS2
- Hands-on robotics experience ideally robot learning on physical hardware
- Ability to work on real robots (debugging, integration, testing)
- Generalist mindset and comfort in a fast-paced startup environment
- Manipulation or kinematics (humanoids, arms, quadrupeds)
- Controls for mobile robots or drones
- Sensor/actuator integration, drivers, or middleware experience
- VR prototyping (Meta Quest or similar)
- Experience across different robot embodiments
- Build software that runs on real humanoid robots immediately
- High ownership within a small, world-class engineering team
- Competitive compensation meaningful equity
- Opportunity to influence architecture, roadmap, and product direction
- Work at one of the most exciting intersections in tech: AI robotics
Salary : $180,000 - $200,000