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Founding Robotics Software Engineer

Almond · San Francisco, CA, US · On-site

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About Almond

A dual-arm robot built for physical AI. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

We are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to design, test, and implement key software components for our humanoid arms, data collection, AI. This role is ideal for an engineer excited about working across the full product lifecycle from whiteboard sketches and prototypes to manufacturing and production. We are taking on a problem that requires extreme ownership and urgency. If you’re looking for a 9-5 this role is not for you.

What they're looking for

  • Building / using IK solvers
  • Building / modifying / deploying the latest robotic VLA model research (fine-tuning VLMs, building an online RL workflow, etc.)
  • Building really fast streaming / WebRTC
  • Building VR apps
More about this role

Almond is building America’s robot factory.

We are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer to design, test, and implement key software components for our humanoid arms, data collection, AI. This role is ideal for an engineer excited about working across the full product lifecycle from whiteboard sketches and prototypes to manufacturing and production.

  • Building the most capable 7 DoF arm available (human range of motion, high payload/weight ratio, etc.)
  • Teaching the arm to assemble itself
  • Have strong architectural design
  • Be comfortable working across the stack and/or quickly learning relevant skills (frontend / backend / robotic control / AI)
  • Gave strong conviction in the idea that general purpose robots (humanoid-esque + AI) are inevitable and will soon take over the physical world
  • Building / using IK solvers
  • Building / modifying / deploying the latest robotic VLA model research (fine-tuning VLMs, building an online RL workflow, etc.)
  • Building really fast streaming / WebRTC
  • Building VR apps

We are taking on a problem that requires extreme ownership and urgency. If you’re looking for a 9-5 this role is not for you.

Read the full posting on Almond's site ↗

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