Robotics Engineer

IFG - International Financial Group; Washington; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Top IT Firm is seeking an AI Engineer with robotics focus to develop and deploy AI models for embodied AI and robotics research. The role emphasizes creating, deploying, and maintaining AI/ML solutions for robotics projects, including software automation and tooling.

The position requires a Masters in a technical field and 5–7 years of related experience, with strong fundamentals in CS, data structures, and algorithms, plus hands-on exposure to simulation environments or robotic hardware.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in a technical field (CS, CE or related).
• 5-7 years of related experience in robotics/AI roles.
• Solid CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, software design.

Responsibilities

• Fine-tune and improve a variety of software projects in robotics/AI.
• Architect, design and implement test automation infrastructure.
• Develop training and evaluation pipelines using Azure Machine Learning.
• Analyze and refine training datasets for robotic and AI applications.
• Develop tools to enable fast deployment of novel algorithms in simulation and on hardware.
• Integrate robotic control and perception stacks with simulation frameworks.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

ROS2

Education

Masters degree in technical field

Job description

Client: Top IT Firm

Type: Contract

Location: Onsite: Redmond, WA

Contract Duration: 18 months

NO C2C OR 1099

Typical Day in the Role

• Purpose of the Team: Our team is working on advancing the state of the art in robotic learning and foundation models.

Candidate Requirements

• Disqualifiers: Candidates with __________ will not be eligible for the role.
• Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain PHD level work or studies in a robotics lab

Hard Skills Assessments

• Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: Week of 8/31/26
• Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include a one hour teams meeting where candidates will be asked to demonstrate basic Python programming skills

The main function of an AI Engineer- Robotics is to be responsible for creating, deploying, and maintaining AI and machine learning models. This specific role will be in support of Embodied AI and Robotics research.

Job Responsibilities:

• Fine-tune and improve a variety of sophisticated software implementation projects
• Architect, design and implement our test automation infrastructure.
• Develop training and evaluation pipelines using Azure Machine Learning
• Analyze and refine training datasets for robotic and AI applications
• Develop tools to provide fast deployment of novel algorithms in simulation and on hardware.
• Integrate robotic control and perception stacks with simulation frameworks

Top Skills:

• Python – 5 years
• Pytorch – 2 years
• ROS2 – 1 year

Qualifications:

• Masters degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• 5-7 years of related experience required
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Experience with using simulation environments or robotic hardware
• Experience performing in-depth troubleshooting and unit testing with both new and legacy production systems
• Experience in programming and experience with problem diagnosis and resolution
• Background in machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch