Principal Roboticist, Embodied AI & MEGA Lead

OpenDigital Limited; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in Sunnyvale is seeking a Principal Roboticist to join the MEGA team as a founding member, shaping a new general robotics program. You will oversee hardware integration, software deployment, and research directions across embodied AI.

This senior role offers 0→1 ownership, collaboration with experts in foundation models, and opportunities to publish while turning research into robust real-world robot systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with robot manipulation and hardware integration.
• Proven leadership of robotics projects.
• Strong programming in C++ and Python.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 and robot software systems.
• Publications in robotics or embodied AI preferred.
• PhD preferred; Master's with equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware platforms for research.
• Develop robot software in C++ and Python including ROS/ROS2.
• Design data collection and evaluation pipelines for robot policies.
• Lead robotics efforts and collaborate with ML/ hardware teams.
• Run real-world experiments and publish findings.

Skills

Robot manipulation

Robot hardware

C++

Python

Machine learning

Robotics research

Publications (ICRA/CoRL/IROS)

5+ years experience

Education

PhD

Master's degree

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

Wayve in Sunnyvale is seeking a Principal Roboticist to join the MEGA team as a founding member, shaping a new general robotics program. You will oversee hardware integration, software deployment, and research directions across embodied AI.

This senior role offers 0→1 ownership, collaboration with experts in foundation models, and opportunities to publish while turning research into robust real-world robot systems.