Robotics Research Engineer - Production Autonomy Leader

Foundry Robotics; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive health coverage

Generous PTO

Job summary

Foundry Robotics in San Francisco recruits a Robotics Research Engineer to design, implement, and deploy intelligent robotic systems for manufacturing.

This role demands hands-on work on ROS2, perception, and control, with software and hardware integration on production cells. You will ship systems from prototype to production, tackling latency, safety, and reliability in real-world settings. This is an in-person role with a competitive compensation package in SF.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping robotic systems into real environments.
• Ability to own end-to-end system development and deployment.
• Comfort debugging hardware–software integration issues.
• Willing to work on-site in San Francisco and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement distributed robotic systems in ROS2.
• Build modular autonomy stacks for manipulation and mobile platforms.
• Own system-level performance, latency, and reliability.
• Develop and integrate Vision–Language–Action models for robotic control.

Skills

ROS2

Manipulation

Navigation

Perception

Control

Learning

Tools

ROS2

Job description

Foundry Robotics in San Francisco recruits a Robotics Research Engineer to design, implement, and deploy intelligent robotic systems for manufacturing.

This role demands hands-on work on ROS2, perception, and control, with software and hardware integration on production cells. You will ship systems from prototype to production, tackling latency, safety, and reliability in real-world settings. This is an in-person role with a competitive compensation package in SF.