Applied Intuition

Physical AI

RoboticsEngineer,TechnicalLead

$250–400k Sunnyvale, California, United States
The Brief

“Robotics Engineer, Technical Lead at Applied Intuition. Skills: Robotics software, AI, Python, C++. Set technical direction for robotics software and AI. Write production code”

Industry & Context.

Physical AI
Problems you'll solve

Make architectural decisions with limited information; Build from scratch; Debugging physical robots; Iterating on live systems

Eligibility Requirements

Primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week, Occasional remote work

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years of experience in robotics software development, Proven track record shipping learning-based systems, Proficiency in Python and C++ for robotics and ML, Experience with PyTorch or equivalent deep learning frameworks, Deep understanding of robotics fundamentals: kinematics, dynamics, control theory, state estimation, and perception, Experience building and evaluating visuomotor or multimodal policies end to end, Ability to operate independently in an early-stage environment, Comfort on the lab floor

Nice to Have

Experience with state-of-the-art bi-dexterous mobile hardware platforms, Familiarity with hardware bring-up, sensor integration, or embedded, Ability to engage with mechanical and electrical teams at a subsystem level, Background in SLAM, 3D perception, or sensor fusion, Experience with physics simulators such as MuJoCo, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, or Gazebo, Familiarity with ROS/ROS2 or similar robotics middleware, Publication record or open-source contributions in robot learning, embodied AI, or manipulation

What You'll Do.

Set technical direction for robotics software and AI

Write production code

Build functional demos on physical hardware

Define and own technical architecture for humanoid robotics software

Write production-quality code in Python and C++

Ship code to physical robots

and deploy learning-based policies

Build functional demonstrations on robot hardware platforms

Establish simulation infrastructure

Validate behaviors in physics-based environments

Analyze telemetry and failure data

Iterate quickly to improve robustness

Work with teleoperation and data collection pipelines

Generate training data

Close the sim-to-real gap

Identify and recruit engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engage meaningfully across the hardware stack; Engage with mechanical and electrical teams at a subsystem level

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