Robotics Engineer
Lumalabs Ai
Apply to this job SF Bay Area, CA Remote, International remote Until 8/21/2026 First posted June 1, 2026 Last posted June 1, 2026
Job description
THE ROLE
We don't build robots — we test models on them. As the founding Robotics Engineer, you'll bring up commercial robot platforms (humanoids, arms, mobile bases), wire up the sensors and data pipelines our world models need, and run the experiments that tell us whether the model actually works in the real world
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Bring up and operate off-the-shelf robot platforms (humanoids, manipulators, mobile bases) for model evaluation and data collection.
- Integrate cameras, depth sensors, IMUs, and other sensors needed for world-model rollouts and policy evaluation.
- Own the data pipeline from robot to training: logging, synchronization, calibration, and replay.
- Build the test rigs and benchmarks that tell us whether the model is improving over time.
- Keep the fleet running — debug failures across hardware, drivers, and integration code.
- Be the bridge between research and the physical world: translate "what the model needs" into "what the robot does."
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong systems integration background — robots, drivers, sensors, real-time control.
- Hands-on with ROS/ROS2 (or equivalent), Python, and Linux at the systems level.
- Comfortable debugging across the stack: from kernel-level driver issues to ML pipeline bugs.
- Track record of standing up complex robot setups and keeping them running.
Preferred: experience with humanoids/manipulators from major vendors (Unitree, Figure, 1X, Agility, Franka, etc.), and prior work in a research lab where the robot was a means to an end rather than the end itself.
About Luma
Luma’s mission is to build unified general intelligence that can generate, understand, and operate in the physical world.
We believe that multimodality is critical for intelligence. To go beyond language models and build more aware, capable and useful systems, the next step function change will come from vision. So, we are working on training and scaling up multimodal foundation models for systems that can see and understand, show and explain, and eventually interact with our world to effect change.
About this role
Summary
Test and operate robot platforms, integrate sensors, debug hardware/software, support system performance.
Job title
Robotics Engineer
Experience level
none
Industry
software
Location requirements
SF Bay Area or remote (international, Singapore)
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
systems integrationROS/ROS2PythonLinuxdebugging
Preferred skills
humanoidsmanipulatorsrobot vendorsresearch lab experience
Specializations
roboticssensorsROSPythonsystems integration
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Singapore
Remote City
Dubai International City - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Remote City
San Francisco, CA, USA
On-site City
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