Robotics Engineer

Lightberry; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightberry in San Francisco seeks a Robotics Engineer to develop autonomous systems for humanoid robots. You will work on cutting-edge robots to enhance their interaction and functionality in real-world scenarios.

The ideal candidate has robust experience in robotics, particularly in C++ development, and is comfortable debugging hardware. Join us in shaping the next generation of humanoid robotics technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with self-driving cars, drones, humanoids, or off-road robotics.
• Proven track record of shipping products into the real world.
• Excited to take high ownership of product features.

Responsibilities

• Develop autonomy for humanoid robots.
• Advise manufacturers on sensor placement and operational design.
• Improve locomotion and interaction for public environments.

Skills

Robotics experience

Strong C++ experience

Experience shipping products

Comfortable with hardware debugging

Ownership of product features

Tools

C++20

Python 3.14

Job description

Humanoid robots doing backflips are super cool, but to be useful they need to be able to listen, communicate, and operate in the world. Your role in our organization would be to help make that a reality by developing autonomy for humanoid robots and working to advise manufacturers on their next generation of hardware.

What You’ll Do

• Work hands-on with robots that cost more than most cars
• Iterate on software deployed to customer's robots in the real world
• Advise humanoid robot manufacturers about sensor placement, hardware interfaces, and operational design
• Work on camera-based 3D perception: detection, tracking, gesture and body language understanding, and speaker identification
• Improve locomotion for walking safely in public environments
• Team up with animators to make the robot's movement, body language, and gestures more fluid and natural

What we’re looking for

• Robotics experience (self-driving cars, drones, humanoids, off-road robotics, or similar)
• Experience shipping products into the real world
• Strong C++ or Rust experience
• Comfortable working with and debugging hardware
• Excited to take high ownership of product features

Technology

• We deploy on humanoid robots, for example Unitree G1s upfit with custom hardware.
• Our onboard code is written in C++20 and our offboard code is primarily Python 3.14.