Member of Technical Staff: Autonomy Infrastructure & Deployment

Walden Robotics, Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Walden Robotics, Inc. in Cambridge, MA is seeking a Member of Technical Staff for Autonomy Infrastructure & Deployment. You will build the infrastructure that gets policies onto robots and keeps them running, owning deployment and on-robot inference pipelines.

The role emphasizes reliability, real-time performance, telemetry, and close collaboration with policy and infra teams to move models from training into live deployment.

Qualifications

• Shipping production services or systems.
• Ability to own components independently and operate them in production.
• Comfort debugging across the stack, from application logic to hardware limits.
• A pragmatic, ownership-minded approach to on-call and operational work.

Responsibilities

• Deployment Components: Implement and own components of the deployment and on-robot inference pipeline.
• Telemetry & KPIs: Build telemetry, logging, and KPI-tracking for policy behavior in the field.
• Reliability & Performance: Improve real-time inference and rollout tooling.
• Debugging: Troubleshoot issues across app, models, and hardware under production urgency.
• Collaboration: Partner with policy and infra teams to move models from training into deployment.

Skills

Production systems

Ownership

Full-stack debugging

Operational mindset

Tools

Telemetry tooling

Monitoring systems

Edge deployment

Job description

Member of Technical Staff: Autonomy Infrastructure & Deployment

Position Summary:

You will build the infrastructure that gets policies onto robots and keeps them running. As an MTS you own substantial pieces of the deployment and serving stack and ship them to a live fleet.

Core Responsibilities:

• Deployment Components: Implement and own components of the deployment and on-robot inference pipeline.


• Telemetry & KPIs: Build telemetry, logging, and KPI-tracking that surface how policies behave in the field.


• Reliability & Performance: Improve reliability and performance of real-time inference and rollout tooling.


• Debugging: Debug issues spanning application code, models, and hardware, often under production urgency.


• Collaboration: Partner with policy and infra teams to move models from training into deployment.

Required Qualifications:

• Software Engineering: Strong fundamentals and experience shipping production services or systems.


• Ownership: The ability to own components independently and operate them reliably in production.


• Full-Stack Debugging: Comfort debugging across the stack, from application logic down to hardware limits.


• Operational Mindset: A pragmatic, ownership-minded approach to on-call and operational work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with edge/embedded deployment, real-time systems, or ML inference.


• Familiarity with observability and telemetry tooling.


• Interest in robotics and physical systems.

Walden Robotics offers a competitive total compensation program, including salary, annual cash bonus, company equity, company-subsidized insurance programs, 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO, daily lunch, and other benefits. The pay ranges noted on our posts are for salary only.

Walden Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].

Walden Robotics participates in E-Verify. If you receive an offer of employment from Walden, you will need to go through the E-Verify process of digital verification of your employment authorization documents as provided on the Form I-9. Participation in E-Verify does not limit your right to work and verification will only be completed after you become an employee with Walden Robotics.

At Walden Robotics, we envision a world where general-purpose robots dramatically improve the quality of life for all people—supporting us at home, at work, in factories, on farms, and beyond. To accomplish this, we are building a team of exceptional professionals who combine world-class technical skills with creative vision, grounded in humility and collaboration.