Senior AI/ML Robotics Engineer (Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior AI/ML Robotics Engineer (Robotics): Building full-stack AI-powered robotic systems for industrial environments with an accent on autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), robotic manipulation, and sensor fusion. Focus on obstacle detection, SLAM, and deploying AI systems directly into real-world customer environments.

Location: Onsite in North Reading, MA, San Francisco, CA, Santa Clara, CA, or Boston, MA (Remote flexibility available)

Salary: $200,000–$350,000

Company

A public robotics company specializing in revenue-generating physical AI solutions deployed globally at scale.

What you will do

• Develop full-stack AI-powered robotic systems deployed in real industrial environments.
• Implement obstacle detection, object recognition, and pose estimation.
• Work with RGBD, LiDAR, and ToF sensor systems for advanced perception.
• Develop and optimize SLAM and localization technologies.
• Create simulation and synthetic data generation workflows.
• Build emerging VLA and robot learning systems.

Requirements

• Experience with AI/ML systems deployed to production.
• Background in robotics, autonomy, perception, or embodied AI.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience working with real-world sensor data.
• Proficiency with NVIDIA Isaac or similar robotics simulation tooling.
• Must be based in the United States (MA or CA locations).

Culture & Benefits

• Startup-style ownership and impact within a public company.
• Access to a 20,000+ sq ft robotics lab for hands-on experimentation.
• Work on real products with active revenue and global scale.
• Remote flexibility for an otherwise onsite-focused role.