Backed by 500 Global.
About the role
We're looking for a Deep Learning Manipulation Engineer to help train Persona AI robots to do real work in real world environments. We're looking for exceptional people who dream big, thrive on challenges, and love seeing their efforts come to life. We are primarily interested in candidates who have developed and released products to the market, but can be flexible depending on aptitude and energy.
What they're looking for
- Courage and grit to tackle some of the hardest problems in robot manipulation
- Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in fast paced ambiguous environments
- Masters or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in applying deep learning to robotic manipulation
- Strong understanding and proficiency with state of the art algorithms and best-practices in behavior cloning, vision-language-action models, diffusion policies, foundation models, etc
- Experience with cloud computing and large-scale datasets
More about this role
Job Title: Deep Learning - Robot Manipulation Engineer
Travel: 10%
Persona AI is building humanoid robots for the most demanding environments in heavy industry — shipyards, steel mills, fabrication facilities, and offshore platforms — performing welding, grinding, maintenance, inspection, and material-handling work that is dangerous, physically demanding, and increasingly difficult to staff.
We are backed by leading strategic and financial investors and engaged with global industrial leaders across Korea, Japan, the United States, and Singapore. Korea is the center of gravity for our early commercial strategy, anchored by relationships with the world’s leading shipbuilders and steelmakers. Our work spans both the robot platform itself and the systems, partners, and playbooks required to deploy it at scale.
We offer competitive compensation, a performance-based bonus, 99% employer covered medical benefits, early-stage equity, competitive PTO, and a company-wide paid winter break between December 24th and January 2nd.
You’ll shape technology that’s redefining the possibilities of robotics and human interaction.
Work alongside passionate teammates who value creativity, and continuous...
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