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Not a support or solutions engineering role.ResponsibilitiesOwn customer/deployment problems end-to-end (workflow understanding to field failure diagnosis)Work directly with robotic systems in commercial/industrial environments with variability and ambiguityTranslate deployment friction into research/product questions (missing capabilities, data needs, evaluations, stack improvements)Build/adapt systems across deployment loop (data collection, task-specific fine-tuning, evaluation design)Collaborate with core research and platform teams to make field learnings reusableContribute to forward deployment practice and knowledge sharingHelp define operating model for humanoid system deployment, improvement, and scalingQualificationsDeep expertise in at least one relevant technical domain (perception, navigation, manipulation, or teleoperation)Experience deploying AI/robotics/embodied systems in real environments (not just lab)Comfortable working outside specialization when deployment demandsExperience collecting/cleaning/curating deployment data for model improvementExperience designing evaluations/benchmarks for real-world interactive systemsAble to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiencesEnergized by ambiguity, motivated by ownership, wants work to survive real-world contactBonus PointsComfortable moving between software, research, operations, and user conversationsEvidence of building trust with users while maintaining strong technical viewpointPrior forward deployed or customer-facing technical role at fast-moving companyWhy JoinWork at intersection of core systems: agent platform, simulation infrastructure, motor control/policy training, Asimov reference platform, data engine. Opportunity to help define category and operating model for deployable robotic systems.AI NoteIntellectual curiosity and AI fluency expected for relevant roles; AI used as collaborator to enhance thinking and work.Equal OpportunityMenlo Research is an equal opportunity employer. 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