Path Robotics

Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Tech Lead), Robot Learning, Loco- Manipulation

Columbus, Ohio, USA · Senior · full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 42 days ago

PythonC++Full-Stack DevelopmentMachine LearningRoboticsMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

Big, hard problems are our everyday work, and our team of intelligent, humble, and driven people make the impossible possible together.
As one of the first senior hires, you are designing the approach, not extending it.
Today on fixed bases; tomorrow on mobile platforms.

The integration is the hard problem; you own its design.
Own the cross-functional partnerships with hardware teams, domain experts, customer-facing assurance standards, and upstream / downstream teams.
Drive a phased deployment strategy that builds production trust over time.
You write code throughout - this is a tech-lead role, not a step away from the work.
Multi-skill workflow or hierarchical policy design - skill sequencing, failure detection, control mode transitions.
Experience building ML capability from early stage - first or second ML engineer on a team, or built a research group's infrastructure from scratch.

Ph.D. or Master's degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent experience.
You have shipped sim-to-real policies on real robots, across different tasks or platforms.
Deep sim-to-real expertise - domain randomisation, system identification, teacher-student distillation, sim-to-online fine-tuning.
Push-back willingness - you can defend a non-obvious architectural commitment under pressure, and change your mind on evidence.
Flow-matching action-head design at depth - direct experience with the architectural pattern.

Strongly Preferred: Edge inference depth (TensorRT, ONNX, edge-class deployment).

Visual self-supervised representation learning experience on robot or 3D-vision tasks.
Own the architectural workstreams that define the team's research and engineering bets - multiple core build streams across action-policy learning, world-model-based supervision, and policy-orchestration interfaces.

At Path Robotics we love coming to work to solve interesting and tough challenges but also because our ideas are welcomed and valued.
We encourage unique thinking and are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process or any part of the hiring process, please contact We are committed to providing equal access and will work with qualified individuals to ensure a fair and accessible hiring experience.
We will respond to your request within 48 hours.
Who We Are At Path Robotics we love coming to work to solve interesting and tough challenges but also because our ideas are welcomed and valued.
application process or any part of the hiring process, please contact We are committed to providing equal access and will work with qualified individuals to ensure a fair and accessible hiring experience.

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