Top Robotics Engineer Jobs

Develop and integrate software for humanoid robots by combining perception, planning, locomotion, and manipulation systems. Responsibilities include defining subsystem interfaces, bringing up hardware, calibrating sensors, productionizing research code, building integration tests and diagnostics, optimizing real-time performance, and implementing fault monitoring and recovery. The role also coordinates integration milestones and validates robotic systems across simulation and real-world hardware.

Conduct original robotics research across areas such as robot learning, perception, planning, control, safety, systems, and mechatronics. Develop and implement novel methods on real robots and in simulation, integrate capabilities into intelligent systems, publish research, identify system-level requirements, and collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers and external partners to shape Arm’s robotics technology roadmap.

Leads sustaining and global registration projects for the CORI Surgical System. Responsibilities include engineering analysis, design, testing, quality improvements, supply chain support, obsolescence changes, cost reduction, regulatory compliance, requirements development, verification and validation, manufacturing transfer, GUI testing, and product literature support. Collaborates with manufacturing, engineering, regulatory, quality, project management, and marketing teams.

Build and test robotics simulation workflows using NVIDIA Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab, integrate AI models and robot policies, and evaluate performance through repeatable experiments. Create reusable Python examples, demos, tutorials, blogs, and workflow guides that help developers adopt NVIDIA robotics technologies. Collaborate with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to troubleshoot integrations, validate technical claims, improve developer experience, and present technical work to developers, partners, and customer-facing teams.

Designs, validates, and deploys precision PCBA test fixtures and infrastructure for robotic systems. Responsibilities include mechanical architecture, CAD and released drawings, probe and bed-of-nails fixtures, tolerance and force analysis, hands-on assembly and debugging, acceptance testing, vendor coordination, documentation, and contract-manufacturer deployment. The role requires collaboration across electrical, firmware, software, manufacturing, and reliability teams to ensure repeatable, safe, maintainable fixture operation.

Lead electronic architecture, design, testing, and manufacturing transition for robotic motion-control products. Responsibilities include motor-controller architecture, Altium schematic capture and PCB layout, technical team leadership, design reviews, customer collaboration, documentation, prototype debugging, and regulated product launches. The role requires extensive embedded, digital, analog, mixed-signal, power-conversion, high-speed communications, signal-integrity, EMC, and lab-testing experience, with occasional travel and on-site work in Longmont, Colorado.

Design and develop AI foundations for general-purpose industrial robots, including Vision-Language-Action frameworks and Action World Models. Responsibilities include creating data-efficient learning strategies, enabling cross-robot generalization, developing real-world reinforcement learning methods, and designing human-intervention data systems. The role requires advanced knowledge of multimodal models, transformers, motor control, robotics, and machine learning, along with expert Python and PyTorch or JAX skills.

Build and operate a robotic test fleet for Neuralink’s surgical robots. Develop component test rigs, fixtures, sensing, logging, and automated verification and validation workflows. Diagnose failures across mechanics, electronics, firmware, and software; collaborate with simulation and HIL engineers; and convert failures into repeatable regression tests. The role requires hands-on robotics experience, hardware troubleshooting, test automation, instrumentation, and disciplined evidence-based release judgment.

Build and deploy the robotics perception stack for a field-deployed public transit system. Responsibilities include developing perception, sensor fusion, object detection, localization, and reinforcement learning models; optimizing integrated hardware/software architecture; creating data collection pipelines; improving model performance; identifying software bottlenecks; and shaping the technical roadmap. The role works closely with the founders and requires up to 15% travel to customer sites.

Conduct original robotics research across learning, perception, planning, control, safety, systems, and mechatronics. Develop and evaluate methods on real robotic platforms and simulations, integrate multidisciplinary capabilities into intelligent systems, publish research, identify system-level bottlenecks, and influence the technical roadmap for future robotics compute and software platforms.

Own and advance autonomous robotics features, including localization, SLAM, planning, control, and multisensor fusion. Conduct experiments, verification and validation, performance analysis, failure-mode investigations, and system integration on embedded platforms. Collaborate with engineering teams, suppliers, and external partners while contributing to standards and code reviews. Mentor junior engineers and ensure reliable, safe field performance of robotic systems.

Designs, programs, tests, commissions, and supports industrial robotic systems. Develops robot programs, configures end-of-arm tooling and vision systems, integrates robots with PLCs and safety systems, optimizes cycle times, troubleshoots equipment, performs root cause analysis, and supports continuous improvement. Manages automation projects and coordinates suppliers while collaborating with controls engineers and manufacturing teams.

Design, build, program, integrate, and deploy robotic manufacturing cells for high-voltage pulsed-power hardware. Responsibilities include robot selection, end-effector and fixture design, machine vision and sensor integration, PLC and motion-control integration, safety architecture, automated assembly and inspection, maintenance practices, and production-line development. The role partners with mechanical and electrical engineers, supports design for automated assembly, and helps grow the robotics team in a fully onsite startup environment.

Build and integrate software for simulated and physical humanoid robots using NVIDIA robotics technologies. Develop end-to-end workflows for data collection, simulation, training, evaluation, and deployment of autonomous capabilities. Extend platforms to new robot embodiments, deploy learned policies, and resolve compute, latency, bandwidth, and software-hardware integration challenges. Collaborate internationally to deliver reliable robotic systems and agent-driven robotics interfaces.

Deploys, configures, commissions, tests, and supports robotics systems for Moderna’s drug product manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include robot programming, vision setup, workflow configuration, FAT and SAT execution, troubleshooting, validation documentation, system integration, and continuous improvement. The role collaborates with controls engineers, systems engineers, vendors, and site teams while ensuring safety, compliance, and data integrity. Travel may reach 25% during critical project phases.

Leads development of automated software and vision-based test frameworks for robot vacuum firmware, hardware, cloud services, and mobile applications. Builds test-data pipelines, quality dashboards, and AI/ML-enhanced testing methods. Acts as a technical authority, defines the testing roadmap, communicates progress to senior stakeholders, and collaborates across engineering, operations, quality, and design teams.

Design Engineer responsible for IC design and silicon validation, including multiple tape-outs and troubleshooting complex issues throughout the design process. The role applies specialized expertise, collaborates cross-functionally with customers and vendors, addresses interdisciplinary technical challenges, follows program schedules and budgets, and may lead functional teams or projects.

Own the technical direction and delivery of robotic hardware from rapid prototyping through manufacturing and customer deployment. Integrate robotic arms, sensors, grippers, and tooling; lead requirements, testing, design reviews, and engineering standards; mentor mechanical engineers; and help build the hardware team. The role requires hands-on robotics deployment experience, mechanical design expertise, CAD fluency, technical leadership, and U.S. citizenship.

Leads large engineering R&D projects developing mechanical and electromechanical products and systems. Provides technical direction, analyzes complex engineering problems, supports manufacturing industrialization, estimates project costs and timelines, investigates materials and engineering practices, addresses regulations, and presents technical work to industry committees. The role requires collaboration across international, manufacturing, quality, customer service, and external stakeholder teams, with occasional mentoring and up to 20% international travel.

Own the end-to-end software architecture for a robotics platform, integrating reasoning, dexterity, perception, and simulation systems. Define component interfaces, engineering standards, testing practices, documentation, CI/CD pipelines, Docker environments, deployment strategies, and troubleshooting workflows. Develop Python and C++ software for ROS/ROS2 systems, support physical robots and simulation, and enable reproducible AI development and cloud-based training workflows.

Designs and develops electrical systems for uncrewed undersea vehicles, sensor payloads, and command-and-control systems. Responsibilities include analog and digital circuit design, PCB development, board bring-up, hardware debugging, sensor integration, embedded system interfaces, and lab, pool, and at-sea testing. The role collaborates with mechanical, software, and systems engineers while maintaining design and test documentation and contributing to electrical architectures and system requirements.

Develops, tests, and troubleshoots software for cleanroom semiconductor robots. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, project managers, and customers to create robotic software specifications and solutions. Supports continuous improvement of robot systems and development processes while managing multiple projects and resolving software issues.

Designs, develops, tests, and troubleshoots software applications for cleanroom semiconductor robots. The role mentors junior engineers, leads robotics R&D, collaborates across disciplines and with customers, contributes to software process improvements, and manages multiple high-stakes projects.

Develop, test, maintain, and support semiconductor vacuum robots and automation systems. Lead prototype design projects, coordinate mechanical, electrical, software, and prototype teams, create CAD models and engineering documentation, troubleshoot robot systems, respond to customer applications, and provide on-site field support involving domestic and international travel.

Tests and improves electro-mechanical robotic systems through control tuning, reliability validation, firmware regression testing, automated test scripting, and failure analysis. Designs test plans, fixtures, and equipment; analyzes test data; troubleshoots mechanical and electrical failures; implements corrective actions; and leads continuous improvement and lean lab practices.