Top Robotics Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

Design and deploy vision and robotics systems for automated wire-harness production. Build perception pipelines (classical CV and/or ML), perform camera/hand-eye calibration, develop and tune robot motion for pick/place, routing, insertion, and termination, and deploy and harden systems on the production floor. Collaborate with mechanical, controls, and production teams to improve cycle time, yield, and reliability.

Develop and deploy robotics software solutions for manufacturing, including machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, simulation, and real-time applications. The role involves designing prototypes, building and testing robotic cells, streamlining robotics engineering processes, integrating systems at scale, and collaborating with manufacturing engineering teams. Travel to GM facilities in the U.S. and Mexico is required up to 25% of the time.

Build and maintain robotics software for simulation and real robotic arm hardware across motion planning, control, perception, and manipulation. Prototype ideas, harden successful systems for deployment, and develop tests and metrics to measure robot performance and prevent regressions. The role requires ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and practical expertise in robotics software development.

Conduct original robotics research across areas such as robot learning, perception, planning, control, safety, systems, and mechatronics. Develop and implement novel methods on real robots and in simulation, integrate capabilities into intelligent systems, publish research, identify system-level requirements, and collaborate with multidisciplinary researchers and external partners to shape Arm’s robotics technology roadmap.

Build and operate a robotic test fleet for Neuralink’s surgical robots. Develop component test rigs, fixtures, sensing, logging, and automated verification and validation workflows. Diagnose failures across mechanics, electronics, firmware, and software; collaborate with simulation and HIL engineers; and convert failures into repeatable regression tests. The role requires hands-on robotics experience, hardware troubleshooting, test automation, instrumentation, and disciplined evidence-based release judgment.

Conduct original robotics research across learning, perception, planning, control, safety, systems, and mechatronics. Develop and evaluate methods on real robotic platforms and simulations, integrate multidisciplinary capabilities into intelligent systems, publish research, identify system-level bottlenecks, and influence the technical roadmap for future robotics compute and software platforms.

Provides advanced technical support for robotic systems during commissioning and 24/7 customer operations. Diagnoses hardware, software, controls, Linux, network, and automation failures; analyzes logs and telemetry; develops integrations and support workflows; leads major incidents; coordinates engineering, field service, and customer teams; manages cases and corrective actions; validates AI-assisted diagnostics; and mentors engineers while improving system reliability and recovery times.

The Robotics Engineer will design, configure, troubleshoot robotic systems and support electrical/software design, ensuring compliance with safety standards and optimizing production processes.

Design and implement embedded robotics software for autonomous interceptor platforms. Develop real-time control loops, PID and advanced control algorithms, actuator and motor-driver interfaces, CAN communication, sensor fusion, and state estimation. Integrate camera and IMU data on NVIDIA Jetson systems, translate vision tracking into motor commands, and build Python tools for calibration, logging, and CI/CD. The role involves hands-on hardware testing, rapid prototyping, and collaboration in an onsite defense startup environment.

Manage the full deployment lifecycle for retail locations, coordinating installation, network setup, configurations, and troubleshooting, while building automation and ensuring quality.

Develop and integrate machine drivers, hardware abstractions, sensor and actuator interfaces, and vehicle-specific software for Hive’s autonomous robotics platform. Connect vehicle data, commands, diagnostics, and telemetry; configure and calibrate systems; debug hardware-software issues; and create automated, simulation, regression, and hardware-in-the-loop tests. Validate robotic systems on real machines, support field commissioning and customer acceptance, and help develop reusable integration patterns.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains robotics middleware and application frameworks in modern C++ on embedded Linux. Owns platform components through deployment and fleet operation, improves reliability and performance, diagnoses complex concurrency and systems issues, and translates safety requirements into software behavior and verification. Collaborates across autonomy, systems, hardware, and software teams while leading technical reviews and mentoring engineers.

Build realistic simulation environments, tools, and infrastructure for autonomous boats, drones, ground vehicles, and multi-agent systems. Develop configurable scenarios, sensor models, agent behaviors, closed-loop SIL and HIL workflows, replay and regression testing, and automated scenario evaluation. Integrate simulations with autonomy stacks, mission software, command-and-control systems, and data pipelines. Improve simulation scalability, fidelity, debugging, and developer workflows while helping engineering teams reproduce field failures and validate systems before deployment.

Develop production robotics software for trajectory execution, task sequencing, hardware coordination, autonomy behaviors, fault recovery, and system integration. Diagnose deployed robot issues using telemetry, logs, simulation, and physical testing. Improve cycle time and reliability while integrating motion planning with controllers, sensors, end effectors, conveyors, and safety systems. Collaborate across perception, controls, hardware, testing, and deployment teams.

As a Robotics Engineer, you'll operate and test robot platforms, integrate sensors, manage data pipelines, and debug issues to improve model evaluation.

Lead end-to-end robotics service and support operations across the US. Troubleshoot hardware and software issues on industrial robotic machinery, debug Python code, work with PLCs and machine communication protocols, and document bugs and field requirements for European engineering teams. Build customer relationships, manage escalations independently, and drive product and service improvements through field insights.

Own the architecture and technical direction of autonomy and vehicle software for autonomous underwater vehicles. Lead cross-disciplinary robotics challenges spanning onboard software, GNC, state estimation, sensing, fault management, testing, field operations, and fleet-scale deployment. Improve unattended mission reliability through FDIR, safe-state behaviors, telemetry, logging, sensor synchronization, OTA updates, and rollback. Mentor engineers, establish quality standards, manage the roadmap, support on-call operations, and drive practical AI adoption.

Design and implement perception systems for automated heavy machinery: integrate and calibrate advanced sensors, build real-time image/point-cloud processing and fusion pipelines, develop object-detection and ML models, support simulation/visualization, and lead sensor integration, testing, and cross-functional teams to enable collision avoidance, localization, and motion planning.

Design and implement firmware and low-level embedded software for robotics. Perform platform bringup, driver development, sensor integration, calibration, and testing. Lead interdisciplinary teams, mentor hires, and help shape testing frameworks, toolchains, and CI/CD practices for production and prototype systems.

Lead motion planning and trajectory optimization for a high-DOF manipulator, turning planned paths into time-optimal, dynamically feasible, safe trajectories. Own path planning architecture, integrate perception, validate performance in simulation and hardware, define metrics, benchmark approaches, and mentor engineers to improve cycle time and reliability.

The Senior Robotics Engineer will lead perception and sensor fusion projects, implement localization methods, and integrate multi-modal sensors for autonomous robotics in warehouse automation.

The Software Engineer Intern will develop safety-critical software for robotic systems, collaborating with various engineering teams to ensure functionality and reliability.

Design and write software for surgical robots, ensuring reliability and precision in high-stakes medical applications, while collaborating in a meritocratic environment.

Design and implement automation systems for semiconductor manufacturing, troubleshoot issues, collaborate on solutions, and ensure compliance with standards.

Lead evaluation, design, prototyping, and integration of robotic manipulation and automation for autonomous vehicle operations in logistics yards. Champion vendor selection, system architecture, perception, motion planning, controls, and field validation to enable safety-critical tasks like automated trailer coupling.