Senior Roboticist - Foundation Models for General Robots

Wayve; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Relocation support

Hybrid working

Learning budget

Health insurance

Job summary

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a founding MEGA team member to advance embodied AI for robotics platforms. You will bridge research, engineering and product to build and deploy robot systems from hardware to software, including real-world experiments.

You’ll leverage C++ and Python, ROS/ROS2, and develop infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection and evaluation while shaping technical direction across robotics, ML and hardware in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in robot manipulation and working with robot hardware.
• Experience leading robotics efforts.
• Strong programming in C++ and Python.
• Experience with robot software systems such as control, planning, ROS, or ROS2.
• PhD preferred; Master's degree with equivalent experience also welcome.

Responsibilities

• Build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware platforms for research and experimentation.
• Develop and maintain robot software in C++ and Python, including control, planning, ROS/ROS2-based systems, and deployment infrastructure.
• Create infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection, evaluation, and the robotics data flywheel.
• Run real-world robot experiments and define data collection pilots that inform model development.
• Collaborate with research teams on robot policy development, model evaluation, and data strategy.
• Debug and troubleshoot robotic software, hardware, and policy failures.
• Build robust deployment, regression, and validation tests for robot systems.
• Help shape technical direction across robotics, ML, hardware, and experimentation.

Skills

C++

Python

Robotics

Leadership

Publications

Education

PhD preferred

Master's degree with equivalent experience

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Control systems

Deployment infrastructure

Job description

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a founding MEGA team member to advance embodied AI for robotics platforms. You will bridge research, engineering and product to build and deploy robot systems from hardware to software, including real-world experiments.

You’ll leverage C++ and Python, ROS/ROS2, and develop infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection and evaluation while shaping technical direction across robotics, ML and hardware in a fast-moving environment.