Robotics Engineer: Hands-On AI for Manufacturing

Strive Robotics; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Strive Robotics in Somerville, MA seeks an early-career engineer to build robots for real manufacturing work. You will contribute to manipulation, controls, perception, planning, and AI-assisted robotics development while working directly with hardware.

You will integrate sensors, end-effectors, robots, and equipment into complete systems; design experiments, analyze failures, and improve repeatability. You will prototype capabilities using AI tools to accelerate iteration and deliver reliable

Qualifications

• Hands-on robotics work through projects, coursework, or experience.
• Ability to design useful experiments and debug interactions among software, electronics, mechanics, sensors, and environment.
• Curiosity, good experimental habits, and willingness to own ambiguous technical problems.
• Applicants should indicate the kinds of systems they want to own and develop.

Responsibilities

• Integrate sensors, end-effectors, robots, and equipment into complete systems.
• Design experiments, analyze failures, and improve repeatability and recovery behavior of robot workflows.
• Prototype new capabilities using AI-assisted tools to accelerate iteration.

Skills

Hands-on robotics

Experiment design

Systems debugging

Ownership mindset

Tools

Sensors

End-effectors

AI models

Job description

Strive Robotics in Somerville, MA seeks an early-career engineer to build robots for real manufacturing work. You will contribute to manipulation, controls, perception, planning, and AI-assisted robotics development while working directly with hardware.

You will integrate sensors, end-effectors, robots, and equipment into complete systems; design experiments, analyze failures, and improve repeatability. You will prototype capabilities using AI tools to accelerate iteration and deliver reliable