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Lead Software Engineer - Dexterous Manipulation

Apptronik· Advanced Technologies
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Hybrid (Austin, TX)full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead the development of learning-based dexterous control algorithms for multi-fingered robotic manipulation, bridging cutting-edge research and scalable production software to enable Apollo’s high-DOF manipulation capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Ownership: Serve as the technical authority for dexterous manipulation and define the long-term technical roadmap.
  • Architectural Definition: Design and enforce foundational software frameworks for manipulation and balance autonomous logic with high-fidelity teleoperation.
  • Research & Innovation: Integrate state-of-the-art research and deploy learning-based policies and vision-integrated systems.
  • Sim-to-Real Ownership: Lead high-fidelity simulation standards to optimize policy transfer to physical hardware.
  • Hardware Design Influence: Drive hardware specifications including sensing, DOFs, and torque profiles.
  • Production Excellence: Oversee transition from research to fleet deployment and ensure production-level C++/Python performance.
  • Technical Leadership & Culture: Mentor teams, enforce architectural excellence, and foster technical rigor.

Qualifications

  • BS/MS/PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of relevant experience (or 3+ years with a PhD) focused on robotic manipulation or complex motion control
  • Proven track record of deploying complex algorithms from research/simulation to physical hardware
  • Dexterous Manipulation: multi-fingered hand control, grasp planning, in-hand manipulation with hardware deployment
  • Advanced Control & Learning: learning-based control for robotics (flow/diffusion-based visiomotor policies, RL, reward modeling)
  • Software Engineering: Python proficiency and experience building real-time robotic software stacks
  • Simulation Environments: experience with IsaacSim, MuJoCo, or Drake for policy training/validation

Skills

Required:Dexterous ManipulationAdvanced Control & LearningPythonSimulation Environments
Last updated Aug 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Apptronik

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Apptronik designs humanoid robotics platforms with mobility, manipulation, and human-centered interaction to support people in the workplace.

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