Foundry Robotics
Robotics Research Engineer
San Francisco · Director · Full-time
No sponsorship$150k-$250kDetected 139 days ago
AlgorithmsCybersecurityRoboticsResearchAdaptability
About the role
- This is not a purely academic role - and not a generic software role.
- Traditional controls fused with learned methods
- On-site deployment in production manufacturing workcells
Responsibilities
- Design and implement distributed robotic systems in ROS2
- Build modular autonomy stacks for manipulation and mobile platforms
- Own system-level performance, latency, and reliability
- Design data collection pipelines and fine-tune foundation models for assembly tasks
- Develop algorithms for dexterous manipulation and industrial navigation
- build adaptive robotic assembly systems that make American manufacturing scalable, resilient, and competitive again.
- If you want to build and deploy the systems those papers were meant to enable - this is it.
Requirements
- Experience shipping systems into real environments (not just lab demos)
- Comfort debugging hardware-software integration issues
Nice to have
- PhD in Robotics or related field
- Experience working on dual-use or DoD-related systems
- Ability to obtain a government security clearance
- Experience with safety-critical robotic systems
- Define the technical direction of robotics foundation model deployment in manufacturing
- Shape the next generation of AI-driven assembly systems
- If you want to publish papers, this may not be the role.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this full-time position in the location of
- $150,000-$250,000 USD
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, and generous PTO.
- Compensation packages at Foundry Robotics for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits.
- Foundry Robotics employees in eligible roles are also granted equity based compensation, subject to Board of Director approval.
- Develop and integrate Vision-Language-Action models for robotic control
- Controls + Learning
Company info
- We are reimagining manufacturing through advanced robotics.
- Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing industry as an AI-first, assembly-focused, dual-use contract manufacturer.
- We aim to empower manufacturers with intelligent, efficient, and adaptable robotic systems that redefine productivity and quality.
- As a founding member of our engineering team, you will have a direct and significant impact on our product, culture, and ultimate success.
- This role is 100% in-person at our office in the mission, SF.
- We are hiring a Robotics Research Engineer to design, implement, and deploy intelligent robotic systems for manufacturing.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Ability to obtain a government security clearance
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