The Role
The role involves designing and building robotic systems, improving simulation fidelity, maintaining hardware infrastructure, and collaborating with a team on physical AI projects.
Summary Generated by Built In
Staff Mechanical Engineer (Bay Area / Paris)
Company
Genesis is a global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company. We build generalist robots to unlock unlimited physical labor, allowing humans to focus on creativity, curiosity, and what they love. We recently raised a $105M Seed round backed by Khosla Ventures and Eclipse, and we’re looking to expand our software and hardware teams rapidly.
What You’ll Do
- Design, prototype, and build robotic hardware systems optimized for performance and reliability
- Develop scalable data collection platforms with robotics engineers to accelerate model learning
- Improve simulation fidelity through system identification and close collaboration with the simulation team
- Maintain and evolve in-house hardware infrastructure for maximum uptime and throughput
- Collaborate with a team of driven individuals committed to building general-purpose Physical AI
What You’ll Bring
- Strong engineering fundamentals and first-principles problem solving
- Exceptional ownership and initiative—finding and solving problems independently
- Broad experience across diverse hardware form factors and platforms
- Systems-level mindset with a focus on robustness, scalability, and seamless integration
- Track record of shipping fast without cutting corners on quality
- Bonus: hands-on experience with actuators, PCB design, embedded systems, or electromechanical integration
Skills Required
- Strong engineering fundamentals
- Exceptional ownership and initiative
- Broad experience across diverse hardware form factors and platforms
- Systems-level mindset with a focus on robustness and scalability
- Track record of shipping fast without compromising quality
- Hands-on experience with actuators, PCB design, embedded systems, or electromechanical integration
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