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Responsibilities
- Own the long-term technical roadmap and technical authority for dexterous manipulation and multi-fingered coordination.
- Design and enforce scalable software architectures balancing autonomous control and high-fidelity teleoperation.
- Integrate state-of-the-art learning-based policies and vision-integrated systems into robotic manipulation capabilities.
- Lead high-fidelity simulation and sim-to-real policy transition strategies.
- Influence next-generation robotic hand hardware specifications for sensing, degrees of freedom, and torque profiles.
- Oversee the transition from research prototypes to reliable fleet-wide production deployment of C++ and Python software.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring, and promotion of engineering rigor.
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience focused on robotic manipulation or complex motion control, or at least 3 years with a PhD.
- Deep expertise in multi-fingered hand control, grasp planning, and in-hand manipulation with successful hardware deployment experience.
- Proficiency in learning-based robotics control, Python, and real-time robotic software stacks.
- Experience with physics simulation environments such as IsaacSim, MuJoCo, or Drake.
- Proven ability to deploy complex algorithms from research or simulation environments onto physical hardware.
- Preferred experience with robotic kinematics, teleoperation and retargeting, tactile or haptic sensing, computer vision, and high-DOF end-effector bring-up.
Benefits
- Direct-hire position
- Equal employment opportunity workplace
- Physical requirements include desk/computer work, occasional lifting up to 15 pounds, and communication via vision, hearing, and speech
About Apptronik
Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our humanoid robot, Apollo, is designed to collaborate thoughtfully with humans—initially in critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond. Apollo is the culmination of nearly a decade of development, drawing on Apptronik’s extensive work on 15 previous robots, including NASA’s Valkyrie robot. Apptronik started out of the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin and has more than 350 employees. Learn more at apptronik.com