# Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Infrastructure at XDOF

- Company: XDOF
- What the company does: Defining motion for autonomous systems. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.xdof.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Mateo Hybrid
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $180K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-22
- Apply by: 2026-12-06
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/XDOF/172822f8-ad37-49f4-93b3-59eb5dfb45d9?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xdof-software-engineer-robotics-infrastructure/

## About the role

Robotics Infrastructure engineers own the systems that get models running on robots and measure how well they work. Sample projects include: deploying and running learned robot policies (VLAs, imitation learning, DAgger) on real hardware, including inference setup, on-robot tuning, and failure diagnosis Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
- 3+ years of industry experience in software engineering, with exposure to robotics or ML deployment
- Strong Python skills and comfort working in Linux environments
- Experience deploying ML models to real systems, not just training them
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and building reproducible deployment workflows
- Have deployed imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or VLA policies on physical robots

Tags: AI & ML

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/xdof-software-engineer-robotics-infrastructure/