# Staff Autonomy Engineer at Brain Corp

- Company: Brain Corp
- What the company does: Brain Corp is an autonomous technology company powering the most proven robots and AI, helping organizations create more productive and intelligent operations. Backed by SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://www.braincorp.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $210K to $262K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-24
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://www.braincorp.com/open-positions?gh_jid=8650248002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/brain-corp-staff-autonomy-engineer/

## About the role

As a Staff Autonomy Engineer on our R&D team, you'll be one of the technical leaders setting direction for the AI that powers our robots. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you'll architect systems that span perception, mapping, prediction, and planning; drive multi-quarter initiatives from research idea to fleet rollout; and raise the technical bar across the org.

## What they're looking for

- Master’s Degree. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience
- 7+ years of industry experience in embodied AI (robotics, self-driving, drones, or similar), with at least some of that time in a senior or lead capacity
- Deep expertise in two or more of: machine learning, SLAM and state estimation, robotic perception, motion planning
- Strong fluency in C++ and Python in a Linux environment
- Demonstrated history of taking research ideas into production at meaningful scale
- Deep, hands-on expertise with PyTorch (and/or JAX), modern training infrastructure, and contemporary architectures (transformers, diffusion models, VLA/foundation models)

Tags: Software Engineering