Jobs at Figure.ai

Design and build infrastructure and developer tools that accelerate Figure’s software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include contributing to large-scale build and deployment infrastructure, improving development environments, developing backend and frontend build tools, and collaborating with firmware, embedded, middleware, and AI/ML engineers. The internship requires at least 10 weeks at Figure’s San Jose headquarters.

The Hands Integration Engineer will integrate robotic hand subsystems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop test plans, debug issues, and create automation tools.

Support development and testing of humanoid hardware systems by designing and building scalable test stations, integrating electromechanical components, creating wiring and schematic documentation, conducting bring-up and qualification, collaborating on data-driven root-cause analysis, and improving test setups to meet reliability targets.

Help develop and test embedded software infrastructure for humanoid robots, focusing on OTA and firmware update systems. Responsibilities include implementing update features, integrating and debugging software on robot hardware, improving deployment reliability and security, and measuring results. The role requires strong programming skills, Linux and networking knowledge, and academic standing as a rising senior or recent graduate. Bonus experience includes embedded Linux tools, firmware, bootloaders, hardware bring-up, and applied cryptography.

Design and validate power electronics hardware for humanoid robot charging systems. Responsibilities include developing power architectures, designing power stages and mixed-signal control boards, supporting schematics and layout reviews, and performing system integration, hardware bring-up, testing, and debugging. The role requires expertise in AC/DC, DC/DC, resonant converters, high-voltage protection, MCU-based control boards, EMI/EMC, compliance, and production hardware development.

Annotate and label images and video from humanoid robots using proprietary tools, collaborate with ML engineers on guidelines, flag edge cases, maintain quality and throughput, and provide feedback to improve workflows.

Supports deployment engineers and pilot teams by triaging field issues, reproducing problems, collecting logs, testing hardware and software changes, and documenting solutions. The intern develops troubleshooting playbooks, SOPs, technical documentation, and pilot training curricula. They also gather field feedback, identify recurring issues, communicate engineering gaps, and help maintain documentation as robotic systems evolve.

The Deployment Staging Specialist sets up environments for data collection by arranging furniture and props, ensuring optimal conditions for robot training. This role involves extensive travel and physical work to maintain specifications for high-quality data capture.

Supports commercial robotics deployments by tracking use-case milestones, KPIs, blockers, and action items. The intern coordinates across Commercial, Pilots, Engineering, and Operations, reports recurring updates, observes customer-site operations, captures issues and data, and owns projects through completion. The role requires hands-on work at customer sites, including warehouses and logistics facilities, with opportunities to contribute to operations, logistics, supply chain, data analysis, and dashboarding initiatives.

Design and implement real-time localization, ego-motion tracking, and state-estimation systems by fusing multi-modal sensors. Build scalable offline pose-tracking pipelines, multi-sensor calibration tools, and evaluation/testing frameworks. Collaborate cross-functionally to deploy reliable, high-performance software for humanoid robotics in real-world environments.

Design, prototype, test, and implement mechanical hardware for humanoid robots. Responsibilities include 3D CAD modeling, 2D drawings using GD&T, assembly and range-of-motion testing, supplier coordination, first-article inspection, test-stand development, and ongoing robot platform support. The role requires experience with complex mechanical components, simulation and analysis, actuators, electromechanical integration, documentation, and prototype development.

Lead integration of a custom humanoid robot hand, coordinating mechanical, electrical, firmware, controls, and technician teams. Responsibilities include first-article bring-up, benchtop and on-robot validation, integration planning, test documentation, failure triage, root-cause analysis, and development of diagnostics for robot health checks. The role requires hands-on experience integrating custom mechatronic systems and technical depth in at least one engineering discipline.

Supports firmware development and testing for humanoid robot hardware in a real-time embedded environment. Responsibilities include writing C/C++ code, bringing up and debugging firmware, optimizing performance, developing Python test automation and calibration scripts, integrating projects into CI/CD, and supporting hardware/software integration. The intern collaborates with systems integration, software test, and embedded software teams while working with actuators, sensors, power systems, communication buses, and laboratory debugging equipment.

Design, prototype, test, and integrate mechanical hardware for humanoid robots. Responsibilities include 3D CAD design, GD&T drawings, test-stand development, first-article inspection, part-quality tracking, hands-on testing, and electromechanical integration with sensors and motors.

Build and test C++ middleware software for embedded Linux robotics systems. Develop Python troubleshooting scripts, maintain testing infrastructure, and help ensure platform stability. The role focuses on high-volume robot messaging, data capture and storage, and developer visualization tools. Candidates should understand computer architecture, networking protocols, and Linux, with bonus experience in Bazel, timing-sensitive systems, shared memory, lock-free systems, or TypeScript.

Develop and refine software-driven behaviors for humanoid robot demonstrations and external events. Responsibilities include behavior sequencing, control logic, hardware testing, debugging, event setup, rehearsals, live troubleshooting, and collaboration with engineering and operations teams. The role requires strong Python skills, AI or machine learning experience, robotics fundamentals, and hands-on hardware iteration under tight timelines.

Designs, prototypes, tests, and supports mechanical hardware for humanoid robot arms. Responsibilities include 3D CAD part design, 2D drawings using GD&T, assembly and motion testing, wire routing, supplier coordination, first-article inspection, test-stand development, and ongoing robot platform support. Requires experience with mechanical simulation, actuators, electromechanical integration, documentation, and complex-geometry design.

Lead the development of large-scale video foundation models for humanoid autonomy, focusing on training strategies and model evaluation for real-world applications.

Design and validate structural parts and assemblies for robotic hands, including CAD, FEA, tolerance analysis, GD&T drawings, prototyping, testing, failure analysis, and production scaling. Collaborate with actuator, sensing, electronics, supply chain, contract manufacturing, and manufacturing engineering teams to deliver hardware through NPI and high-volume production.

Design, implement, and test C++ middleware for autonomous humanoid robots, providing system-wide functionality for controls and autonomy software. Develop Python tooling and interfaces, and improve software stability, scalability, testing, and CI. The role requires strong C++, Python, Linux, networking, computer architecture, debugging, and performance-profiling skills, with bonus experience in real-time systems, microcontrollers, and communication buses.