Member of Technical Staff, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR)
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The titles and summaries on this page span a wide range of functions within robotics. On the hardware and lab side, roles such as Prototyping Lab Technician and Senior Technician involve building, troubleshooting, and maintaining electromechanical systems, managing equipment and inventory, and supporting data collection. Electrical Engineer work covers circuit design, PCB layout, and taking hardware from concept through to production deployment. Firmware Engineer responsibilities include designing embedded system architecture, real-time execution, and hardware bring-up. On the software side, a Robotics Software Engineer focuses on data collection pipelines, control interfaces, and integration across hardware platforms. Programme and operations roles such as Strategic Projects Lead manage large-scale physical data collection initiatives and cross-functional teams. The sample also includes titles covering safety engineering, inference, distributed data systems, field engineering, and autonomous vehicles, indicating the breadth of specialisms represented in these postings.
Skills counts reflect how often a term appeared in descriptions across all postings on this page, not a formal requirement list. Python and C++ appear in roughly half the postings, and Java appears in a quarter, though that may reflect one employer's stack more than the field broadly. Advanced credentials such as a Master's degree or PhD, and research outputs such as publications, are mentioned in a meaningful share of postings, but the sample is small enough that these patterns should not be read as universal expectations.
The employers' own advertised ranges, for individual roles at different levels — not an average and not a market rate.
Almost all postings on this page specify on-site work, with a small minority listed as hybrid. None are advertised as remote. This suggests that the roles, many of which involve physical hardware, lab work, or robot systems, are expected to be carried out in person. The hybrid postings do not detail which days or how frequently attendance is required, so candidates should check individual listings. No postings had an unknown work mode.
Jobs checked 1 day ago. · Guide reviewed 9 September 2026.
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