Robotics Engineer

Robotics Engineer — Early Team (SF)We’re a seed-stage team in San Francisco building robotic systems to automate real-world lab workflows. Most lab processes today are still manual, slow, and error-prone.Our goal is to build a fully autonomous, “black-box” lab — systems that can take in high-level inputs and run physical workflows end-to-end without human intervention.We’re not there yet. The system is still evolving, and a big part of this role is figuring out what actually works and making it reliable.What you’ll doDesign and build mechanical and electromechanical subsystemsWrite the code that actually runs the system (control logic, sequencing, hardware interfaces)Bring up new hardware and get it working end-to-endDebug failures across the full system — mechanical, electrical, and softwareIterate until systems are stable and repeatable, not just working onceRequired You’ve built and delivered at least one complex physical system with real ownershipYou’re comfortable writing code that interfaces directly with hardwareStrong ability in at least one area:Mechanical designControlsEmbedded / systems programmingExperience working with motors, sensors, and power in a real systemGood at solving unexpected problemsPreferredExperience building systems that had to run reliably over time, not just demosExperience integrating multiple subsystems into a working systemPrior startup, lab, or independent build experienceWhat this role requiresOwnership — you will be responsible for real parts of the systemComfort with ambiguity — we are still figuring things outSpeed — we build and iterate quicklyDetailsSan Francisco (in-person)Compensation: $140k–$220k + equity