Automation Engineer - Robotics V

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking an Automation Engineer for a 12‑month on-site role in New York, NY or Menlo Park, CA.

You will own the path from trained models to reliable real-time control on physical humanoid robots, building the deployment pipeline and running sim-to-real loops. The role requires hands-on policy deployment, ROS/ROS2, Python/C++, PyTorch inference on onboard hardware, and strict safety practices.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in robotics or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5 years of robotics/automation experience.
• Experience deploying ML policies to humanoid robots.

Responsibilities

• Own deployment of learned policies to humanoid robots and maintain systems.
• Build and maintain the deployment pipeline from checkpoint to real-time control.
• Lead sim-to-real transfer with domain randomization.
• Act as technical owner in hardware collaboration with external partners.
• Work onsite with powered robotic hardware and lab safety protocols.

Skills

ROS/ROS2

Python

C++

PyTorch

Real-time control

Hardware integration

Safety procedures

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Onboard compute systems

Sensors/actuators

Job description

Job Title: Automation Engineer - Robotics V

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Onsite in New York, NY or Menlo Park CA

Scope:

• Owns the path from trained model to reliable on-robot execution - standing up and maintaining a humanoid platform, building the deployment pipeline from checkpoint to real-time control, and running the sim-to-real loop.
• Also acts as technical owner on our side of an external hardware collaboration.

Onsite work with powered robotic hardware, lab and robot safety protocols, access to pre-release research artifacts.

Required skills:

• Hands-on deployment of learned policies to physical humanoid/legged robots including bring-up and maintenance
• Real-time control and low-level integration (ROS/ROS2, onboard compute, sensors/actuators)
• Sim-to-real transfer with domain randomization
• Python/C++ with PyTorch inference on onboard hardware
• Robot safety practices around people

Must-Have Skills:

• BS/MS in robotics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science or equivalent hands-on industry experience.

Nice-to-have Skills:

• Robotics experience deploying things onto a robot i.e. machine learning models onto robots.
• Direct experience with commercial mid-size or full-size humanoids;
• Whole-body control/locomotion/manipulation stacks;
• Being technical POC in a vendor or cross-org hardware collaboration;
• Teleop and mocap rigs;
• Hardware failure diagnosis and spares logistics.

Years of Experience:

• 5 years

Degrees/Certifications Required:

• Bachelor's preferred - experience is considered

How many rounds of interviews?

• 2 interviews
• One with CWAM/one with IC technical conversation no coding

Interview Duration:

• 30 mins