Robotics Engineer

About the Role

Robotics Center of Silicon Valley (DeepAware, Inc.), YC S25 and NVIDIA Inception, is building the full-stack robotics supply chain: hardware, data, AI training, and live deployment under one roof. Our San Francisco lab puts 60+ robot platforms within reach and powers one of the largest real-robot datasets anywhere. We're building the infrastructure layer for physical AI.

As a Robotics Engineer, you'll develop and integrate autonomous systems across our fleet and at customer deployment sites — building the "robotic hands" that turn our platforms and datasets into production-ready systems for enterprises and researchers.

Responsibilities

• Design robotic manipulation and navigation systems for constrained, high-density, real-world environments
• Integrate vision systems for automated inspection, manipulation, and anomaly detection
• Collaborate with AI/ML engineers to connect robotics control with real-time data and training pipelines
• Bring up, prototype, test, and refine robotic hardware and software across our multi-platform fleet and at pilot deployment sites
• Ensure the reliability, safety, and scalability of robotics solutions for continuous operation

Requirements

We're looking for a true full-stack roboticist who is fluent across software, hardware, and mechanical domains:

• Software: Proficiency with robotics frameworks such as ROS/ROS2, MoveIt, and OpenCV; strong control algorithms and the ability to iterate quickly in a startup environment
• Hardware: Hands-on experience with embedded systems, sensors, actuators, wiring, and robot bring-up and integration
• Mechanical: Working understanding of robot mechanics — arm kinematics, mounting and fixturing, end-effectors, and the physical assembly/debugging of real hardware
• Demonstrated experience taking systems end-to-end, from prototype to deployed, across multiple subsystems
• Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working hands-on with real robots
• 0–3 years of experience in robotics engineering, or a comparable track record of building and shipping — or current enrollment in a robotics, mechanical, electrical, or related engineering degree program for internship candidates

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with industrial robotics, teleoperation, or multi-robot fleets
• Computer vision model training and deployment
• Sensor fusion, path planning, and SLAM / autonomous navigation
• Experience across many robot platforms or hardware form factors

Location: San Francisco, CA (on-site at our lab)

Why Robotics Center?

You'll work hands-on with one of the largest concentrations of robot platforms anywhere, backed by YC and NVIDIA, building the infrastructure layer for physical AI. Your work will directly shape how enterprises and researchers access and deploy real robots — spanning the full stack from mechanical hardware to AI.