Robotics Engineer, Manipulation (AI)

Location: San Mateo, CA, United States

Base salary: $100,000–$300,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is building general-purpose robotic intelligence that adapts to unseen scenarios through data-driven machine learning.

What you will do

• Design algorithms, models, and techniques for robotic manipulation tasks.
• Design hardware and software systems for manipulation applications.
• Develop controllers and perception stacks for real-world robotic deployment.
• Write and maintain production-level C++ and Python code for robotic manipulation platforms.
• Collaborate with machine learning engineers to deploy state-of-the-art models on robots.
• Optimize robotic software for performance, reliability, and scalability.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing robotic manipulation systems and deploying software on real robots.
• Knowledge of robotics, including kinematics, dynamics, control, motion planning, and SLAM.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
• Systems-level understanding of robotic software modules and interfaces, including ROS/ROS2 and simulators.
• Experience with robot learning, computer vision, sensors, 3D data, segmentation, tracking, or object detection.

Nice to have

• Publications at top-tier machine learning, robotics, or computer vision conferences.
• Experience designing custom robot hardware solutions.
• Experience with reinforcement learning and imitation learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Work alongside researchers and machine learning engineers on innovative robotic intelligence projects.
• Relevant industry experience is valued, while demonstrated ability and attitude are emphasized.
• The team includes people ranging from new graduates to domain experts.