Anthropic
Applied AI Engineer, Startups (Physical AI)
$280K–$320K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 4+ years of technical experience; the posting also says required years correlate with internal job level requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; a field relevant to the role.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; Anthropic says it will make reasonable efforts to obtain a visa for candidates it offers.
About the job
Advise physical-world startups on building products and engineering workflows with Claude, and develop reusable evaluations, architectures, prototypes, and technical resources.
What you'll do
- Lead technical engagements with startup software and hardware teams, including pair programming, architecture reviews, and implementation guidance.
- Develop prototypes, evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, reference implementations, sample code, and technical documentation for physical AI applications.
- Identify recurring challenges, share insights with Anthropic teams, and support startup communities through events and technical content.
What they ask for
- Deep engineering experience in a physical discipline, gained by designing, building, or operating real hardware.
- 4+ years of technical experience in a listed engineering, research, or founder role, plus either production LLM application experience or a track record applying AI to real engineering work.
- Experience with startups or high-growth companies.
- Strong technical communication skills and ability to run workshops, hackathons, or developer-focused events.
Pay
$280,000 — $320,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Claude, Claude Code, CAD
AI focus
Help startups apply Claude and agentic AI to physical engineering, including product development, design, simulation, testing, production, and operations; build evaluations and scalable architectures for these applications.
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