Physical Intelligence

Robotics

DeploymentsSoftwareEngineer

$135–185k ~AI est. San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Deployments Software Engineer at Physical Intelligence. Skills: Robotics, AI, Software development, DevOps. Design remote teleoperation interfaces. Develop precise interfaces for controlling robots”

Industry & Context.

Robotics
Problems you'll solve

Complex performance issues; Timing issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Programming skills in C++, Rust, or Python, Experience building and optimizing production software, Background in real-time or near-real-time systems, Background in VR/AR, video pipelines, 3D engines, or streaming systems, Ability to optimize across the entire stack, Experience with profiling tools, Comfort diving into complex performance issues, Mindset oriented around determinism, throughput, frame budgets, jitter minimization, and real-time correctness, Ability to collaborate deeply with robot users, researchers, and platform engineers

Nice to Have

Experience with robot teleoperation systems, Experience with VR/AR platforms, Experience with low-latency 3D engines, Camera system expertise, Streaming/video conferencing stack experience, Background in robotics or autonomous systems, Familiarity with distributed systems

What You'll Do.

Design remote teleoperation interfaces

Develop precise interfaces for controlling robots

Optimize for low-latency network performance

Engineer interfaces for weak internet areas

Optimize system performance

Profile and optimize compute

Meet real-time constraints

Develop and optimize real-time video streaming systems

Build tooling for profiling

Build tooling for tracing

Build tooling for debugging timing issues

Integrate optimized pipelines into production workflows

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional collaboration; Work with researchers; Work with platform engineers; Work with robot operators; Work with hardware engineers; Work with operations teams

Full Job Description

Who We Are Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future. Deploying robots into the real world takes more than a capable model - it takes designing a physical system that's fast, safe, and reliable enough to run unattended on a customer's floor, backed by software you can observe, debug, and trust if something goes wrong. As a Robotics Software Engineer, you'll build that system. You'll integrate state-of-the-art models with robots that work on-site - building system safeguards, the teleoperation interfaces operators rely on, and the latency optimizations that make remote control feel instant. You'll work with researchers, platform engineers, and robot operators to make the whole stack dependable enough that customers bet their operations on it. The Team The Deployments team is responsible for solving real world problems with our models and robots. We tackle the full problem space: integrating with customer workflows, training models to solve their dexterous tasks, and ensuring the on-site reliability of the system. This breadth of problem space is why we’re a full-stack robotics team - whether it’s thinking about customer facing experiences or fine-tuning models for tasks no robot has done before, we put forth the best solution Pi has to offer. In This Role You Will - Design remote teleoperation interfaces: Develop comfortable and precise interfaces for controlling robots with many degrees of freedom - Optimize for low-latency network performance: Engineer teleoperation interfaces that can continue functioning even in weak internet areas - Optimize System Performance: Profile and optimize across compute, I/O, memory, scheduling, networking, and storage to meet real-time constraints and increase throughput. - Streaming & Video Syst

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