Fauna Robotics is a New York-based startup devoted to the mission of developing safe, intelligent, human-centric robots that live, work, and play by our sides. We are looking for software engineers and design technologists to build the software engine that powers this vision.
In particular, we are looking for:
- Senior/Staff Software Engineers who can architect real-time, high-reliability systems for robots while keeping research scientists moving quickly. Emphasis on Python for research, C++ for production. (https://faunarobotics.com/careers/senior-software-engineer/)
Fauna Robotics (https://faunarobotics.com) is a New York-based startup building a future where humans and robots cohabitate and collaborate. Our mission is to increase play and reduce work for humankind by building advanced robots for the home.
We are looking for software engineers and design technologists to build a software engine that powers the interface between people and machines.
What you'll do:
- Build systems and experiences that explore how modern AI technologies (LLMs, reinforcement learning) meet the physical world via robots
- Tackle problems across robot reasoning, perception, and human interaction, working in a Python and C++ stack
- Collaborate with a world-class team of robotics researchers and ML specialists at the cutting edge of the field
We're hiring across all experience levels, with a focus on senior staff who can help shape our architecture.
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The other thing that was impressed me is that up until recently, the last stage of high-precision mirror making was literally done by hand. My dad would literally rub on a mirror with very, very fine grit to take out bumps on the order of microns. Recently, they've switched to machines in that last step to make it faster and more accurate, but for many applications the traditional way worked just fine.
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Fauna Robotics is a New York-based startup devoted to the mission of developing safe, intelligent, human-centric robots that live, work, and play by our sides. We are looking for software engineers and design technologists to build the software engine that powers this vision.
In particular, we are looking for:
- Senior/Staff Software Engineers who can architect real-time, high-reliability systems for robots while keeping research scientists moving quickly. Emphasis on Python for research, C++ for production. (https://faunarobotics.com/careers/senior-software-engineer/)
- Computer Graphics Specialists who can build high-fidelity simulation environments that run both in locally in real-time and in the cloud. (https://faunarobotics.com/careers/computer-graphics-speciali...)
- Conversational Interaction Specialists with experience working directly from audio signals to build great speech understanding and production systems. (https://faunarobotics.com/careers/conversational-interaction...)
See other roles: https://faunarobotics.com/careers/