Boston Dynamics
Atlas ML Software Engineer - Large Scale Behavior Cloning
$154K–$190K
Waltham, MA · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years developing software for robotics, ML infrastructure, or related fields.
About the job
Build tools and infrastructure for Atlas’s behavior development cycle, connecting data collection, policy training, hardware and simulation evaluation, and diagnostics.
What you'll do
- Build tools and platforms that accelerate data collection, training, and evaluation, and provide visibility into policy performance and data quality.
- Analyze robot-run failures and develop data, training, and testing performance insights, scenarios, tests, and collection tools.
- Support evaluation and experimentation across hardware and simulation, and maintain repository practices including CI/CD, testing, and deployment.
What they ask for
- Strong proficiency in Python and familiarity with C++.
- Experience building internal tools, dashboards, or GUI applications.
- Familiarity with ML workflows, including training pipelines, experiment tracking, and dataset management.
- Experience with real-world robotics systems and with data analysis and visualization.
Nice to have
- MS in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- Familiarity with behavior cloning, diffusion policies, VLA/VLM architectures, or ML/robotics evaluation pipelines.
Pay
$154,000 to $190,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, Docker, CI/CD
AI focus
Develop infrastructure and tools supporting policy training, behavior cloning workflows, and ML/robotics evaluation.
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