7 days ago
San Mateo, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Triage and fix teleoperation issues involving tracking, retargeting, latency, and data recording.
- Build tools and monitoring systems that identify teleoperation failures before they disrupt data collection.
- Evaluate and integrate teleoperation hardware and software, including VR headsets, glove and body trackers, and retargeting methods.
- Benchmark robot end-effectors for teleoperation performance and data quality.
- Collaborate with operators to make teleoperation faster, more reliable, and easier to use.
- Work with ML, robotics, and data operations teams on the company’s robotic data engine.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or higher degree in computer science, robotics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in Python and C++.
- Experience developing or debugging software on real robots.
- Experience with teleoperation, VR/AR such as OpenXR and Unity, or motion capture systems.
- Experience with video streaming systems such as GStreamer and basic computer vision principles.
- Familiarity with robot kinematics, inverse kinematics, and motion retargeting.
- Experience with Linux, networking, and ROS, ROS2, or similar robotics middleware.
- Experience with dexterous hands, humanoids, or other high-degree-of-freedom robots is preferred.
About Skild AI
Skild AI builds a general-purpose robotic intelligence and software stack to train and deploy robots that adapt to varied, unseen tasks for commercial use. It offers a platform and models for robot manufacturers and enterprises automating physical work, with support for integration across manipulators and mobile systems. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, the privately held company raised a Series C in 2026.