Senior Software Architect — Dexterous Manipulation

Apptronik Systems, Inc.

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Apptronik Systems, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - Dexterous Manipulation to drive development of learning-based dexterous control for our multi-fingered hand hardware and Apollo platform.

You will bridge research and production software, guiding architecture and policy transitions from simulation to real robots. You will lead a team, own technical direction, and influence hardware specifications while delivering reliable, scalable software built in Python and C++.

Qualifications

BS/MS/PhD in Robotics, CS, or EE.
5+ years of robotics manipulation or motion control.
Track record deploying research algorithms to hardware.
Prolonged desk work and ability to lift 15 pounds.

Responsibilities

Strategic Ownership: Serve as the technical authority for dexterous manipulation. Create the long-term technical roadmap, ensuring hand control and multi-fingered coordination capabilities outpace industry standards.
Architectural Definition: Design and enforce the foundational software frameworks for manipulation. Own the decision-making process for balancing autonomous logic with high-fidelity teleoperation, ensuring the architecture is scalable for future hardware generations.
Research & Innovation: Perform and direct the integration of state-of-the-art research. Select and deploy the specific learning-based policies and vision-integrated systems that will define system physical capabilities.
Sim-to-Real Ownership: Lead the strategy for high-fidelity simulation. Set the standards for success in virtual environments to optimize policy transitions to physical fleet hardware.
Hardware Design Influence: Drive the specifications for next-generation hardware. Define the requirements for sensing, degrees of freedom, and torque profiles.
Production Excellence: Oversee the transition from experimental research to fleet-wide deployment. Ensure performance and reliability of C++/Python code running on production-level assets.
Technical Leadership & Culture: Act as a force multiplier across the organization. Beyond code reviews, foster a culture of technical rigor, setting the bar for architectural excellence and mentoring the next generation of robotics leaders.