Member of Technical Staff, Robotics Software Engineer

pantograph.com; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantograph is building general models that land on robots, combining video data and real-world tests. We seek a sharp generalist engineer to work on our robot software near customers and the hardware team.

Expect a mix of feature work, testing infrastructure, and tooling, with a strong emphasis on usability and learning new domains. The ideal candidate is curious, quick to learn, and cares about making products usable, with strong communication and AI tooling usage.

Qualifications

• Versatile programmer comfortable jumping between domains.
• Prioritize shipping features customers actually use.
• Prefer simple, effective solutions over complexity.
• Excellent communication with customers and teammates.

Responsibilities

• Develop and ship features in the robot software stack.
• Improve internal test infrastructure and tooling for robots.
• Collaborate with hardware and customer-facing teams.
• Explore new domains and learn quickly as needed.

Skills

Generalist programming

Shipping mindset

Pragmatic problem solving

Customer communication

AI tooling

Tools

Rust

Job description

Pantograph is training general models that start by watching internet-scale video and end up on robots. We think the path to capable robots runs through general intelligence rather than narrow, robot-specific skills. We're scaling simple methods across video games, real-world video, and our own fleet of affordable, durable robots.

We're looking for a sharp generalist engineer to work on our robot software. You'll sit close to both our customers and our hardware team. The work spans our core robot feature stack — building and shipping features that improve our customers' experience of our robots — as well as our internal test infrastructure and robot tooling.

A robotics background is not a requirement. The ideal fit is someone eager to dive into new problems, curious and quick to learn new domains, and who cares deeply about what makes products usable.

You might be a good fit if you:

• Are a strong generalist programmer who's comfortable jumping between domains
• Love shipping things and seeing real people use them
• Are pragmatic and you reach for the simplest thing that solves the problem
• Communicate well and enjoy working directly with customers and teammates outside engineering
• Use AI tools extremely effectively

Bonus if you've worked with:

• Rust (most of our stack is written in it — but a strong engineer can pick it up)
• Embedded Linux, hardware, or anything physical, like software for robots or cars
• Testing and reliability at scale
• Video pipelines, networking, or distributed systems
• Fleet management

We care much more about what you've built than credentials. We're a small, fast-moving team working together in person in San Francisco. If this sounds exciting to you, we want to hear from you.