# Deep Learning - Robot Manipulation Engineer at Persona AI

- Company: Persona AI
- What the company does: Backed by 500 Global.
- Company website: https://personastudios.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Houston, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/persona.ai/5211fd75-846a-488d-8f93-c4cf9c2d1e8d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/persona-ai-deep-learning-robot-manipulation-engineer/

## 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

Tags: Persona AI