Machine Learning Engineer

Andromeda Surgical; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Flexible healthcare

Wellness stipend

401(k)

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Andromeda Surgical is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to work across the full stack of our robotic platform, from robotics system to ML platform and training infrastructure. You will build models to solve surgical robotics problems, often without pre-trained solutions to adapt.

You will collaborate with robotics, software, and clinical teams to deploy new capabilities on the robot, writing clean, testable code for production use.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience training machine learning models in real-world or academic settings.
• Ability to build models from scratch for problems without established solutions.
• Ability to frame ambiguous ML problems and define a path forward.

Responsibilities

• Train and build machine learning models for real-world robotic applications.
• Work across the robotics stack, the ML platform, and training infrastructure.
• Develop models from scratch for novel problems lacking pre-trained solutions.
• Write clean, production-quality code that integrates with the system.
• Collaborate with robotics, software, and clinical teams to deploy capabilities.

Skills

ML model training

Model deployment from scratch

Ambiguity handling in ML

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

C++

ONNX

Job description

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to work across the full stack of our surgical robotic platform: the robotics system, the ML platform, and the infrastructure that powers model training. You will build machine learning models to solve problems specific to surgical robotics, many of which do not have existing research or pre-trained solutions to start from.

What You'll Do

• Train and build machine learning models for real-world robotic applications.

• Work across the robotics stack, the ML platform, and the infrastructure for model training.

• Build models from scratch for novel problems where prior research or pre-trained models do not apply.

• Write clean, testable, production-quality code that integrates with the broader system.

• Collaborate closely with robotics, software, and clinical teams to bring new capabilities to the robot.

What We're Looking For

Machine Learning

• Hands-on experience training machine learning models, either in graduate studies or professional work. This is a must, not something to learn on the job.

• Ability to build models from scratch for problems where existing research does not apply, rather than only fine-tuning or retraining existing models.

• Ability to scope out an ambiguous ML problem and define an approach when there is no established path to follow.

Software Engineering

• Ability to write clean, maintainable, production-quality code.

• Experience writing tests and validating software behavior. Testing is a core part of how we build, not an afterthought.

• Comfortable working across multiple parts of the technical stack, from robotics to ML platform to training infrastructure.

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Ownership & Startup Mindset

• Strong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive projects forward.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.

• The project needs to be delivered, and you do what it takes to get it there.

• Willingness to seek feedback, iterate quickly, and collaborate closely with teammates.

Nice to have

• Experience with computer vision or vision models.

• Experience deploying high-performance ML models in production (for example, converting trained models to ONNX or similar formats for C++ inference).

• Experience with C++.

• Experience with robotics or hardware-adjacent systems.

• Experience working in startup environments.

Why Join Andromeda?

At Andromeda, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a small, highly technical team tackling some of the hardest problems in robotics, software, and healthcare. Your work will directly impact products that are deployed in real clinical environments and have the potential to improve patient outcomes at scale.

We offer:

• Competitive salary and equity package

• Flexible healthcare benefits through an individual coverage reimbursement program

• Monthly health and wellness stipend

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Visa sponsorship available for eligible candidates

• The opportunity to help build a category-defining company from an early stage