# Forward Deployed Engineer at Maxinsights

- Company: Maxinsights
- What the company does: Powering generalist robotics and world models with multi-million-hour annotated egocentric data, hand tracking, upper-body/whole-body motion capture, tactile sensing, and simulation for OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta, Figure, 1X, Skild, Genesis AI, and Dyna... Backed by South Park Commons.
- Company website: https://maxinsights.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Santa Clara
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-14
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/maxinsights/18dcb270-3f1a-4f81-a4fc-554f9526d3ea?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/maxinsights-bilingual-forward-deployed-engineer-mandarin-english/

## About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE - Robotics Data Direction) at Maxinsights, you will serve as the technical bridge connecting our world-leading robotics foundation model data engine with top-tier Embodied AI and World Model R&D teams globally. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Programming Foundations : Proficient in Python programming with excellent software engineering literacy (proficient in the use of tools like Git, Docker, Shell, etc.)
- Data Engineering Experience : Skilled in using large-scale multimodal data processing tools (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Arrow, HDF5, and RLDS/TensorFlow Datasets structures)
- Simulation & Graphics: Hands-on project experience using physics simulators like Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyBullet, Unity/Unreal Engine, or NeRF/3DGS/generative world models, is highly preferred
- Autonomous Driving/Robotics Background: Understanding autonomous driving perception/planning and control pipelines, or the training and evaluation logic of Embodied AI foundation models (e.g., VLA, RT-2, etc.), is highly preferred
- Cross-Team Coordination & Communication : Possess exceptional technical communication skills, capable of seamlessly aligning complex technical boundaries and delivery Specs with both top AI researchers and non-technical business personnel
- Stress Tolerance & Ownership : Self-driven, able to maintain a results-oriented mindset and proactively drive projects forward amidst the rapid iterations and ambiguous requirement definitions typical of a startup environment

Tags: Engineering

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