Robotics Engineer

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.

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

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

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

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

Details

* San Francisco (in-person)

* Compensation: $140k–$220k + equity