# Senior Robot Perception Engineer - Visual Inspection/MLOps at Bright Machines

- Company: Bright Machines
- What the company does: Bright Machines builds AI and data center infrastructure using robotics and Physical AI to enable faster, scalable, and more efficient production. Backed by Lux.
- Company website: https://brightmachines.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $190K to $235K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/brightmachines/11d4d161-799d-42d6-bcbb-ad7f9447c267
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/bright-machines-senior-robot-perception-engineer-visual-inspection-mlops/

## About the role

As a senior Robot Perception Engineer on the Smart Robotics team at Bright Machines, you will be a hands-on senior contributor responsible for productizing visual inspection solutions for our automation platform. You will own the full pipeline—from algorithm development to production deployment—turning prototype inspection capabilities into reliable, high-throughput features that operate at scale across our automation lines.

## What they're looking for

- Knowledge of lighting and optics for machine vision (diffuse/directional illumination, lens and filters)

Tags: Software Engineering