Backed by 500 Global.
About the role
Persona AI is building a rugged humanoid platform to supplement the industrial skilled-labor workforce. Our robots are designed to perform complex tasks such as welding, grinding, and painting in demanding real-world environments.
What they're looking for
- MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of professional experience in robotics, with a primary focus on autonomy
- 2+ years of experience applying world models to planning, reasoning, and scene understanding
- Experience with plan execution approaches such as behavior trees and state machines
- World model benchmarking and post-training experience in a robotics domain
- Strong hands-on experience with NVIDIA Cosmos and IsaacSim
More about this role
Job Title: Senior Robotics Software Engineer - Autonomy
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...
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