Robotics Engineer — Early Team (SF)
We’re a seed-stage team in San Francisco building robotic systems to automate real-world lab workflows. Most lab processes today are still manual, slow, and error-prone.
Our goal is to build a fully autonomous, “black-box” lab — systems that can take in high-level inputs and run physical workflows end-to-end without human intervention.
We’re not there yet. The system is still evolving, and a big part of this role is figuring out what actually works and making it reliable.
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What you’ll do
Design and build mechanical and electromechanical subsystems
Write the code that actually runs the system (control logic, sequencing, hardware interfaces)
Bring up new hardware and get it working end-to-end
Debug failures across the full system — mechanical, electrical, and software
Iterate until systems are stable and repeatable, not just working once
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Required
You’ve built and delivered at least one complex physical system with real ownership
You’re comfortable writing code that interfaces directly with hardware
Strong ability in at least one area:
Mechanical design
Controls
Embedded / systems programming
Experience working with motors, sensors, and power in a real system
Good at solving unexpected problems
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Preferred
Experience building systems that had to run reliably over time, not just demos
Experience integrating multiple subsystems into a working system
Prior startup, lab, or independent build experience
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What this role requires
Ownership — you will be responsible for real parts of the system
Comfort with ambiguity — we are still figuring things out
Speed — we build and iterate quickly
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Details
San Francisco (in-person)
Compensation: $140k–$220k + equity