Brain Corp

Brain Corp

Staff Autonomy Engineer

San Diego, CA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$210k-$262kDetected 77 days ago
PythonC++Code ReviewCI/CDLinuxMachine LearningPyTorchNLPInventory ManagementRoboticsElectrical EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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Level II$110,6982 entries
Level III$136,1783 entries
Level IV$161,6784 entries

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About the role

  • As a Staff Autonomy Engineer on our R&D team, you'll be one of the technical leaders setting direction for the AI that powers our robots.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction for major areas of the autonomy stack - perception, SLAM, prediction, planning, or the ML systems underneath them - and own the multi-quarter roadmaps that follow.
  • Make and defend the build-vs-borrow, learn-vs-classical, and depth-vs-breadth decisions that shape what the team works on for the next year.
  • Partner with engineering managers, product, and hardware on staffing, sequencing, and risk; serve as a senior technical voice in cross-functional planning.
  • Build and improve the data engines and evaluation infrastructure that turn fleet logs into training data, regression suites, and shipped wins.
  • Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers; raise the bar through design review, code review, and the technical standards you model.
  • Opportunities to share your own interests and hobbies with the Company

Requirements

  • Master's Degree. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent demonstrated experience.
  • Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics:
  • Deep, hands-on expertise with PyTorch (and/or JAX), modern training infrastructure, and contemporary architectures (transformers, diffusion models, VLA/foundation models).
  • Extensive experience designing robotic systems with ROS 2 (or comparable middleware) and modern simulation environments such as Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, or Gazebo.

Skills

  • Excellent systems and architectural judgment; able to defend a position and equally able to update it when the evidence changes.
  • A discretionary annual target bonus
  • Stock options
  • 401(k) plan with match (no waiting period and immediate vesting)
  • Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
  • Daily on-site lunch available in the San Diego office
  • On-campus gym including pool and tennis courts in the San Diego office
  • Opportunities to connect with colleagues including monthly game nights, hikes, wellness challenges, and community events
  • Internal continuous learning events

Compensation

  • The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in San Diego, California is $209,644 to $262,055.
  • The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, education, etc.
  • Brain Corp is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.
  • In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:
  • A discretionary annual target bonus

Benefits

  • Generous paid time off including flexible vacation, Paid Sick Leave, time off for volunteering in the community, 10 paid company holidays, and a winter company shutdown
  • Additional Perks include:

Company info

  • Brain Corp is a San Diego, California, USA-based AI company creating transformative core technology for the robotics industry.
  • Our purpose is to create autonomous technology that helps the real world work better.
  • Brain's robotic and AI solutions help retailers ensure that the right product is on the right shelf at the right price, in a clean environment.
  • Through the BrainOS® Robotics Platform, which powers the largest global fleet of the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in operation in commercial public spaces, Brain Corp delivers insightful and efficient automated solutions in both commercial floor cleaning and inventory management, empowering organizations and their employees to achieve more.
  • Brain Corp currently powers more than 30,000 AMRs, representing the largest fleet of its kind in the world.
  • Brain Corp is funded by the SoftBank Vision Fund, Clearbridge, and Qualcomm Ventures.
  • Named a top workplace by the San Diego Union Tribune and USA today in 2025, we make life-changing impacts through innovation, helping workers globally unlock their abilities in orchestration with intelligent machines.
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