# Robot SWE at Yondu

- Company: Yondu (YC W24)
- What the company does: Robots to Automate Fulfillment. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://yondu.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Gardena, CA, US / Los Angeles, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/yondu/jobs/fOsMYvM-robot-swe
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/yondu-robot-swe/

## About the role

As one of our early junior engineers, you'll write software that runs on real robots in customer warehouses. You'll work across the stack - navigation, perception, teleoperation, and the integrations that connect our robots to warehouse management systems - and you'll be on the floor helping bring deployments live at client sites. You'll be paired with senior roboticists who will mentor you, review your code, and hand you real ownership fast.

## What they're looking for

- 0–2 years of experience (internships, research, and robotics competition teams count) building software, ideally in robotics, autonomous systems, or another physical/hardware domain
- BS in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or a related field or equivalent hands-on project experience
- Working proficiency in C++ and Python
- Comfort in a Linux/Ubuntu command-line environment and with Git in a team setting
- Hands-on experience with ROS2 (or a similar pub/sub middleware) a strong candidate from a ROS1 or custom-middleware background can ramp quickly
- Exposure to real robot hardware deployment, or to WMS/logistics/warehouse systems

Tags: Engineering