Applied Intuition

Physical AI

RoboticsEngineer

$189–270k Sunnyvale, California, United States
The Brief

“Robotics Engineer at Applied Intuition. Skills: Robotics software, Real-time control, Hardware integration, C++. Design, implement, and tune core robotics software. Bring up software and hardware on new robot generations”

Industry & Context.

Physical AI
Problems you'll solve

Identify root causes; Improve system robustness

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4+ years of professional experience in robotics development, Proficiency in C++ (C++14/17/20), Python for tooling and scripting, Solid robotics fundamentals, Experience with embedded or low-level systems, Familiarity with communication protocols such as CAN, EtherCAT, Ethernet, and serial, Ability to work effectively in a Linux development environment, Debug complex hardware-software interactions, Comfort operating and iterating directly on robot hardware

Nice to Have

Experience with bi-dexterous robots, Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 or similar robotics middleware, Exposure to reinforcement learning or imitation learning workflows, Deploying learned policies to hardware, Experience with physics simulators such as MuJoCo, Gazebo, or NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Background in SLAM, path planning, or perception pipelines, Understanding of sensor fusion across IMU, lidar, cameras, and force/torque sensors, Prior work in an environment with rapid hardware iteration and tight design cycles

What You'll Do.

and tune core robotics software

Bring up software and hardware on new robot generations

Own subsystem integration across actuators

Develop and maintain real-time control software

Build simulation infrastructure

Validate behaviors in physics-based environments

Debug failures on physical robots

Analyze telemetry and log data

Contribute to tooling that scales

Work with teleoperation and data collection systems

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, firmware, and AI/ML teams; Own subsystem integration end to end

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