Senior Robotics Research Engineer

The Robot Age; Berkeley, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambi Robotics in Berkeley is seeking a senior robotics research engineer to develop new robot applications and capabilities across controls, planning, and perception. You will lead R&D projects for AI-driven robot skills powered by foundation models and contribute to core robotics libraries, training systems, and evaluation tooling.

You will also support deployment of new capabilities to production warehouse robots, ensuring solutions are usable, measurable, and ready for deployment in logistics

Qualifications

• Robotics software depth across planning, perception, machine learning, or controls.
• Strong C++, Python, Linux, Git, and Docker fluency.
• Experience with commercial robotics systems, motion planning, or computer vision.
• Ability to lead research projects while staying close to product deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop new robot applications and capabilities across controls, planning, and perception.
• Lead R&D projects for AI-driven robot skills powered by foundation models.
• Contribute to core robotics libraries, training systems, algorithms, and evaluation tooling.
• Support deployment of new capabilities to production warehouse robots.

Skills

Robotics software depth

Planning

Perception

Machine learning

Controls

C++

Python

Linux

Git

Docker

Tools

ROS

Docker

Git

Linux

Job description

What the role actually is

Ambi Robotics is hiring a senior robotics research engineer in Berkeley. The role focuses on new technology for Ambi's industrial robot products, including AI-driven robot skills, core robotics libraries, perception, motion planning, and evaluation.

The posting is hands-on research engineering tied to production robotic systems. It is especially relevant because Ambi's systems already operate in logistics environments where robot behavior has to be useful, measurable, and deployable.

What you would work on

• Develop new robot applications and capabilities across controls, planning, and perception
• Lead R&D projects for AI-driven robot skills powered by foundation models
• Contribute to core robotics libraries, training systems, algorithms, and evaluation tooling
• Support deployment of new capabilities to production warehouse robots

What they are asking for

• Robotics software depth across planning, perception, machine learning, or controls
• Strong C++, Python, Linux, Git, and Docker fluency
• Experience with commercial robotics systems, motion planning, or computer vision
• Ability to lead research projects while staying close to product deployment

Why this one is worth a look

Warehouse automation is a practical testbed for robot learning: tasks are repetitive, but the real world still refuses to be perfectly tidy. Ambi's role is compelling because it asks research to survive contact with deployed parcel-handling systems.