Autonomous Robotics: Physical AI Systems Engineer

Starry Recruitment; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Starry Recruitment is seeking a Physical AI Heterogeneous System Design Engineer to develop next-generation robotic systems that integrate AI, hardware acceleration, real-time control, and robotics.

You will work across heterogeneous GPU + FPGA platforms, integrating multimodal AI models with robotic control systems to enable intelligent and low-latency autonomous manipulation. This role requires Master’s or Ph.D. and hands-on experience with PyTorch/TensorFlow, ROS 2, HLS, and FPGA development.

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, CS, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with PyTorch/TensorFlow, ONNX, and AI model optimization.
• Experience with ROS/ROS 2 and robotic motion-control systems.
• Strong understanding of multimodal AI architectures (CNNs, ViTs, LLMs, VLMs, VLA).
• 3+ years of hands-on HLS experience, hardware acceleration, FPGA-based development.
• Experience with timing closure, FPGA resource optimization, and HW/SW co-design.
• Experience with Physical AI, VLA models, robotic arms, simulation environments (MuJoCo, robosuite, Isaac Sim).
• Strong programming skills in C, C++, Python; embedded drivers and real-time apps.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and optimize Physical AI models using PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX workflows.
• Design and implement custom hardware accelerators using HLS with low latency and efficiency.
• Develop closed-loop robotic manipulation and motion-control systems using ROS 2.
• Integrate vision, force sensing, VLA model inference, actuation, and telemetry into prototypes.
• Implement real-time sensor and motion-control interfaces on FPGA platforms (PCIe, AXI4).
• Translate multimodal neural networks into C/C++ HLS and ROS 2 interfaces.
• Perform simulation, hardware testing, performance optimization, demonstrations.
• Collaborate across AI, robotics, embedded systems, and hardware teams from concept to deployment.

Skills

PyTorch/TensorFlow/ONNX

ROS/ROS 2

HLS/FPGA acceleration

C/C++/Python

Multimodal AI architectures

HW/SW co-design

Education

Master’s or Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering/Computer Engineering/Robotics/CS

Tools

HLS (Vivado HLS)

MuJoCo

robosuite

Isaac Sim

Job description

Starry Recruitment is seeking a Physical AI Heterogeneous System Design Engineer to develop next-generation robotic systems that integrate AI, hardware acceleration, real-time control, and robotics.

You will work across heterogeneous GPU + FPGA platforms, integrating multimodal AI models with robotic control systems to enable intelligent and low-latency autonomous manipulation. This role requires Master’s or Ph.D. and hands-on experience with PyTorch/TensorFlow, ROS 2, HLS, and FPGA development.