About the role
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 do
- Design and build mechanical and electromechanical subsystems
- Write the code that actually runs the system (control logic, sequencing, hardware interfaces)
- Bring up new hardware and get it working end-to-end
- Debug failures across the full system — mechanical, electrical, and software
- Iterate until systems are stable and repeatable, not just working once
Required
- You’ve built and delivered at least one complex physical system with real ownership
- You’re comfortable writing code that interfaces directly with hardware
- Strong ability in at least one area:
- Mechanical design
- Controls
- Embedded / systems programming
- Experience working with motors, sensors, and power in a real system
- Good at solving unexpected problems
Preferred
- Experience building systems that had to run reliably over time, not just demos
- Experience integrating multiple subsystems into a working system
- Prior startup, lab, or independent build experience
What this role requires
- Ownership — you will be responsible for real parts of the system
