Staff Robotics ML/Data Engineer — Scale Multimodal Training Data

Persona AI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonus

Healthcare coverage (employer)

Equity

Paid time off

Winter break

Job summary

Persona AI seeks a Staff, Robotics ML/Data Engineer to architect systems that convert complex multimodal data into high-quality training assets for humanoid robots. You will shape data pipelines, validate sensor fusion, and enable rapid model learning from egocentric video and force/torque signals.

Join a team building robots for heavy industry with access to advanced tools, equity, and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in CS, ML, robotics or related field.
• Strong Python and PyTorch experience with multimodal data.
• Experience handling robotics datasets and sensor data.

Responsibilities

• Design cross-modal validation systems for video, proprioception, and sensor data.
• Kinematic retargeting, depth estimation, 3D reconstruction, and pose tracking.
• Implement data augmentation to expand expert trajectories and model robustness.
• Synchronize teleoperation data across embodiments and sensor streams.
• Build tooling to query, visualize, and audit datasets for researchers.
• Architect end-to-end pipelines for ingesting egocentric video and telemetry.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Multimodal data processing

Time-series analysis

3D geometry/robotics data

OpenCV

Education

MS or PhD in CS/Data Eng/Robotics

Tools

Open X-Embodiment

DROID

Omniverse

Ray

Job description

Persona AI seeks a Staff, Robotics ML/Data Engineer to architect systems that convert complex multimodal data into high-quality training assets for humanoid robots. You will shape data pipelines, validate sensor fusion, and enable rapid model learning from egocentric video and force/torque signals.

Join a team building robots for heavy industry with access to advanced tools, equity, and a strong benefits package.