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Robotics Engineer

Ai2· Research
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Seattle, WA$128.9k - $193.3kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Hands-on robotics engineer focused on theory and system-building across the full robotics stack, from perception and control to real hardware deployment, with emphasis on sim-to-real pipelines, large-scale simulation, and collaboration with researchers.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain complete control stacks for robotic systems, including low level control, motion planning, and integration of learned policies.
  • Develop and maintain the sim-to-real pipeline, including system identification, understanding simulation models, and deploying learned policies from simulation to real hardware.
  • Lead robot set-up across manipulation and mobile hardware platforms, including integration, calibration, and system tuning.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex system behaviors across hardware, software, and runtime.
  • Collaborate closely with researchers to translate algorithms into reliable, real-world robotic behavior.
  • Work with modern GPU-accelerated simulation frameworks to enable large-scale experimentation.

Qualifications

  • Masters + 3 years experience or PhD in robotics or relevant field. Exceptional candidates with a bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of industry experience are also welcome.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern robotics / simulation ecosystems.
  • Strong depth of experience working with either physical robots or robotic simulation.
  • Strong development and debugging skills across the full robotics stack (perception → planning or inference → control → hardware).
  • Clear communication and ability to collaborate effectively with research teams.
  • A structured, systems-oriented approach to building and improving complex robotic infrastructure.

Skills

Required:PythonRobotics stack expertiseSim-to-real pipelinesHardware deployment and debuggingcollaboration with researchers

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, basic accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and an employee assistance program.
  • Voluntary life insurance, voluntary accidental death and dismemberment, health savings account, healthcare reimbursement arrangement, dependent care flexible spending accounts.
  • Company 401k plan.
  • $125 per month commuting or internet stipend, $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing.
  • Up to 10 sick days, up to 7 personal days, up to 20 vacation days, 12 paid holidays annually.
  • Annual bonuses and participation in long-term incentive plan.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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