Applied Intuition
Robotics Engineer, Technical Lead
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- The role is weighted heavily toward software and learned behaviors, with the expectation that you can engage meaningfully across the hardware stack when needed.
- Write production-quality code in Python and C++ and ship it to physical robots - this is a hands-on individual contributor role first
- Instrument robots, analyze telemetry and failure data, and iterate quickly to improve robustness in real-world conditions
Responsibilities
- This is a founding technical role helping build and shape Applied Intuition's robotics organization from the ground up.
- You will set the technical direction for robotics software and AI, write production code, and build functional demos on physical hardware from day one.
- Define and own the technical architecture for humanoid robotics software, spanning perception, planning, control, and learned behaviors
- Build functional demonstrations on multiple robot hardware platforms that prove out capabilities and inform the product roadmap
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in robotics software development, with a meaningful portion on physical humanoid, legged, or highly dexterous manipulation platforms
- Strong proficiency in Python and C++ for robotics and ML systems
Nice to have
- Experience with state-of-the-art bi-dexterous mobile hardware platforms, including dexterous manipulation and whole body control
- Familiarity with hardware bring-up, sensor integration, or embedded systems
- ability to engage with mechanical and electrical teams at a subsystem level
- Background in SLAM, 3D perception, or sensor fusion (IMU, lidar, cameras, force/torque)
- Experience with physics simulators such as MuJoCo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, or Gazebo
- Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 or similar robotics middleware
- Please reference the job posting's subtitle for where this position will be located.
- Don't meet every single requirement?
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- About Applied Intuition
- Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI.
- Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft.
- Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo.
- Learn more at applied.co.
Compensation
- at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits.
- Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position.
- For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $250,000 - $400,000 USD annually.
Benefits
- Design, train, evaluate, and deploy learning-based policies for manipulation and locomotion
- Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.
Company info
- Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet.
- We are an in-office company, and our expectation is that employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week.
Equal opportunity
- Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor.
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