Robot Operating System (ROS)

Torc Robotics

Remote - US · $160,800 – $193,000

Lead a team of hardware-in-the-loop test engineers developing verification and validation strategies for autonomous truck technology, with responsibility for test planning, ISO compliance, and safety case support. This role suits experienced V&V professionals with automotive functional safety expertise who want to build and mentor a technical team on cutting-edge autonomous systems.

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Motional

Full-time · Las Vegas, NV · $172,000 – $229,000 · Remote

A sustaining engineer role focused on diagnosing and fixing issues in autonomous vehicle software, particularly in the planning and controls systems. This suits someone who enjoys troubleshooting complex problems in production systems and wants to work on safety-critical software that powers self-driving cars.

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Shield AI

Full-time · San Mateo, CA · $280,512 – $420,768

This role leads the integration of autonomy software onto unmanned platforms across air, maritime, and space domains, writing core behaviors and control systems while shepherding code from simulation through live field operations. It suits senior engineers who want hands-on involvement in autonomous systems that actually deploy into the real world and are ready to mentor others and set technical direction across multiple programs.

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NVIDIA

Internship · Santa Clara, CA · $20 – $71 / hour

NVIDIA is offering 12-week full-time internships for students working on autonomous vehicles and robotics projects, including deep neural network development, dataset collection, and software infrastructure work. The role suits ambitious students pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate in engineering or computer science who want hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI and robotics systems.

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Agility Robotics

Full-time · Remote · $191,000 – $299,000

You'll architect the data infrastructure that processes sensor streams and telemetry from a fleet of deployed humanoid robots, designing pipelines and systems to ingest, process, and serve massive datasets at scale. This role suits experienced platform engineers comfortable building observability and analytics systems across distributed edge and cloud environments.

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AeroVironment

Full-time · Petaluma, CA · $82,000 – $125,000

This role develops unmanned systems for defense and commercial applications, working across requirements definition, design, prototyping, and testing. It suits engineers with aerospace or systems background who want hands-on involvement across the full development lifecycle of autonomous platforms.

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NIO

Internship · San Jose, CA · $38 – $46 / hour

NIO seeks an AI robotics research intern to develop frameworks for teaching robots dexterous manipulation by learning from human demonstrations and large-scale data, with a focus on translating human skills into real-world robotic behaviors through simulation and hardware deployment.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $124,000 – $186,000

This role develops kinematics algorithms and calibration tools for industrial robotic systems used in advanced manufacturing, supporting real-time 6+ degree-of-freedom applications. It suits software engineers with robotics background who want to own critical infrastructure across multiple products in a fast-moving R&D environment.

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Torc Robotics

Blacksburg, VA · $153,200 – $183,800 · Remote

This role focuses on designing and executing simulation-based testing campaigns to verify autonomous driving software, working across product, systems, and safety teams to build robust virtual validation frameworks. It suits experienced test engineers with a background in autonomous vehicles who can bridge simulation environments, scenario development, and stakeholder communication.

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Shield AI

Full-time · Washington, DC · $163,200 – $244,800

This role involves developing autonomy software for emerging military platforms across space, maritime, and logistics domains, where you'll integrate Shield AI's existing autonomy capabilities with new systems that often lack prior autonomous baselines. It suits engineers who thrive on cross-platform integration challenges and seeing their code operate in real-world military environments.

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