Deft Robotics · 1 month ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Robot Learning (Full-time)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $250K/yr
3+ years expDeft Robotics is on a mission to build the world’s first labor agency that deploys dexterous robots as its primary workforce. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will develop and own entire systems from design to deployment, focusing on creating advanced robot autonomy software and implementing state-of-the-art learning policies.
Responsibilities
Design and develop robot autonomy software stack and algorithms to enable capabilities including grasping and more dexterous behaviors in unstructured environments
Research and implement state-of-the-art robot learning policies, including reinforcement learning and imitation learning based techniques
Build reliable, high-speed robot autonomy software stack optimized for inference performance
Design and maintain robust data collection and curation pipelines for production robot fleets
Optimize robot policies for distributed training at scale and real-time edge deployment
Ship production quality, safety-critical software
Qualification
Required
Master's/PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or equivalent technical discipline
Deep expertise in machine learning fundamentals, reinforcement learning, and associated frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Ray, etc.)
3+ years of proven track record developing and deploying ML systems from research through production implementation
Hands-on experience with model lifecycle management including training, deployment, and maintenance in production settings
Preferred
Authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publications in robotics or related fields
Hands-on experience designing and implementing bimanual manipulation tech stacks with imitation learning or RL-based methods
Background in real-time ML inference systems, simulation-to-reality transfer, or advanced reinforcement learning implementations
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision plans
Daily meals stipend
Company
Deft Robotics
Drop-in robot work cell for mid-to-high volume manufacturers.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase