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Robotics Engineer

119k – 178kSeattle, WAEmbedded EngineeringOnsite3+ YOE
Summary

Hands-on robotics engineer building control stacks, sim-to-real pipelines, and infrastructure for robot learning projects. Collaborates with researchers to deploy algorithms on real hardware using Python and modern robotics ecosystems. Requires Master's/PhD + 3 years or Bachelor's + 3+ years experience.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain complete control stacks for robotic systems, including low level control, motion planning, and integration of learned policies.
  • Develop and maintain the sim-to-real pipeline, including system identification, understanding simulation models, and deploying learned policies from simulation to real hardware.
  • Lead robot set-up across manipulation and mobile hardware platforms, including integration, calibration, and system tuning.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex system behaviors across hardware, software, and runtime.
  • Collaborate closely with researchers to translate algorithms into reliable, real-world robotic behavior.
  • Work with modern GPU-accelerated simulation frameworks to enable large-scale experimentation.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Masters + 3 years experience or PhD in robotics or relevant field. Exceptional candidates with a bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of industry experience are also welcome to apply.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern robotics / simulation ecosystems.
  • Strong depth of experience working with either physical robots or robotic simulation.
  • Strong development and debugging skills across the full robotics stack (perception → planning or inference → control → hardware).
  • Clear communication and ability to collaborate effectively with research teams.
  • A structured, systems-oriented approach to building and improving complex robotic infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience implementing and tuning real-time control systems along with a strong foundation in control, dynamics, and system identification.
  • Experience translating control and learning-based methods from simulation to real robotic systems.
  • Familiarity with large-scale simulation and reinforcement learning pipelines.

Compensation

Base salary range: $118,800 - $178,200, plus generous bonus plans.

Skills
Pythonroboticssimulationcontrol systemsmotion planningsim-to-realreinforcement learningGPU accelerationsystem identificationrobot manipulation
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