Wayve
Principle Roboticist, Robot Foundation Model
$296K–$375K
Sunnyvale, California USA · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- PhD preferred; Master's degree with equivalent experience also welcome.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship where applicable.
About the job
Build and operate robot platforms, software, and experimentation infrastructure that support foundation-model research and deployment across diverse robot embodiments.
What you'll do
- Build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware and software, including control, planning, and deployment systems.
- Create infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection, evaluation, and robot validation; run real-world experiments.
- Collaborate on robot-policy development, model evaluation, and data strategy, and help shape technical direction.
What they ask for
- Experience in robot manipulation and working with robot hardware.
- Experience leading robotics efforts.
- Strong programming experience in C++ and/or Python; experience with robot software systems such as control, planning, ROS, or ROS2.
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Nice to have
- PhD preferred; Master's degree with equivalent experience also welcome.
- Publications in top-tier conferences such as ICRA, CoRL, or IROS are highly valued.
Pay
$295.5K – $375.1K (USD; base salary or total pay not specified)
Tools
C++, Python, ROS, ROS2
AI focus
Build foundation models and develop, deploy, and evaluate learned robot policies for general-purpose robots across diverse embodiments.
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