Principal Roboticist, Robot Foundation Model
WayveAutonomous Driving company
Sunnyvale, United StatesLead
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About the role
TL;DR
Build foundation models for general-purpose robots, enabling them to interact with the physical world.
- •Wayve is seeking a Principal Roboticist to join the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team.
- •This role focuses on building foundation models for general-purpose robots beyond self-driving vehicles, enabling them to perceive, reason, move, and manipulate the physical world.
- •Key Responsibilities Build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware platforms.
- •Develop and maintain robot software in C++ and Python, including control and planning systems.
- •Create infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection, and evaluation.
- •Run real-world robot experiments and define data collection pilots.
- •Collaborate with research teams on robot policy development and model evaluation.
- •Requirements Experience in robot manipulation and working with robot hardware.
- •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.
- •PhD preferred; Master's degree with equivalent experience also welcome.
Required skills
C++PythonGitLinux
Nice-to-have skills
Computer Vision
Domain expertise
deeptechaiautomotive
Tech stack
PythonC++GitLinux