Apptronik
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Overview
Apptronik is a humanoid robotics company spun out of a robotics laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Its Apollo robot is designed for logistics and manufacturing work such as case handling and machine tending, with force-controlled actuators built in-house. The company works with Google DeepMind on robot learning and has run pilots with large manufacturers and retailers.
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Apptronik Announces Robot Park, A 90,000 Square Foot Humanoid Data Factory, Teases New Robot
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Apptronik raises $520 million to beat Chinese humanoids, Tesla Optimus to market
Apptronik's Apollo humanoids are being tested in factories and warehouses with partners Mercedes-Benz and GXO Logistics.
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Humanoid robot startup Apptronik has now raised $935M at a $5B+ valuation
Apptronik has raised another $520 million in a Series A extension to existing and new investors like Google and Mercedes-Benz.
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2025 Automotive News All-Star: Jeff Cardenas, Apptronik - Automotive News
Jeff Cardenas is working with Mercedes-Benz to pioneer the ways in which robots, including humanoids, might further automate manufacturing.
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Technologies
Tech DNA
Python
C++
Verilog
Drake
ROS
ROS2
AWS
Azure
GCP
Gemini
Robotics
Rust
Apollo
MuJoCo
Teleoperation
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Isaac Sim
Sim-to-Real
Sensor Fusion
Drake
ROS
Isaac Gym
ROS2
Model Predictive Control
Digital Twin
Visual-Inertial Odometry
EtherCAT
Localization
BehaviorTree.CPP
Gazebo
Motion Planning
Ceres Solver
Obstacle Avoidance
Perception
Isaac Lab
LeRobot
MQTT
OPC UA
AI/ML
Python
C++
MATLAB
Reinforcement Learning
Computer Vision
Fine-tuning
Git
CI/CD
Kubernetes
Docker
Multimodal AI
JAX
PyTorch
Human-in-the-Loop
PyTorch C++
Ansible
DVC
ONNX
TensorRT
Edge AI
LLM Evaluation
CMake
RTOS
Grafana
Helm
Terraform
Synthetic Data
AI Agents
Speech Recognition
OpenCV
Gemini
BentoML
KServe
MLFlow
Ray
Ray Serve
Post-training
Time Series Forecasting
Simulink
Bitbucket
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Loki
Prometheus
PagerDuty
AWS
Azure
GCP
Configuration Management
GitHub
Amazon S3
MinIO
Hardware
Verilog
VHDL
LTspice
PoC Library
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Altium Designer
Other
TypeScript
Go
JavaScript
SolidWorks
Pytest
gRPC
Rest API
Apache Kafka
React.js
JUnit
Stack modernity
74/100
How modern this stack is, based on technology relevance, AI adoption and the share of legacy tools.
In-demand technologies
Python
24 jobs
Required
$319k
+77% vs market
C++
22 jobs
Required
$319k
+60% vs market
Apollo
22 jobs
Required
$245k
+5% vs market
Teleoperation
14 jobs
Required
$260k
+5% vs market
MuJoCo
14 jobs
Required
$260k
-4% vs market
Reinforcement Learning
9 jobs
Required
$305k
+14% vs market
Reinforcement Learning
9 jobs
Required
$305k
+9% vs market
Imitation Learning
9 jobs
Required
$260k
-13% vs market
Salary medians are calculated from this company's open jobs and compared with the market.
Industry adoption
Python
20%
AWS
16%
JavaScript
15%
CI/CD
15%
AI Agents
14%
Kubernetes
14%
Share of companies in the same industry that use each technology.
Stack changes
Time Series Forecasting
Sep 2026
MinIO
Sep 2026
LeRobot
Sep 2026
Isaac Lab
Sep 2026
Amazon S3
Sep 2026
Post-training
Aug 2026
GitHub
Aug 2026
Human-in-the-Loop
Aug 2026
Technologies recently added to or removed from this company's stack - a signal of tech migrations and new initiatives.
Bosch
NVIDIA
Qualcomm
Weekday
Intuitive
Clera
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$260k
Typical range
$223k – $350k
Open positions
9
9
Jobs
Senior
33.3%
Staff
66.7%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 3 | $223k | $223k – $260k |
| Staff | 6 | $287k | $235k – $350k |
Highest paying role
Lead Software Engineer - Dexterous Manipulation
$350k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
55/100
Growing
Open positions
58
3 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
114 days
faster than 13% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~3 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
38% ▼
Product
22% ▼
Backend
16% ▲
AI/ML
8% ▲
Robotics
8% ▲
Executive
3% ▼
Actively hiring for Hardware (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Post-training to stack
Aug 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Aug 2026
Added Human-in-the-Loop to stack
Aug 2026
Added LLM Evaluation to stack
Aug 2026
Added Edge AI to stack
Aug 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Aug 2026
Added Rest API to stack
Aug 2026
Added React.js to stack
Aug 2026
Added OPC UA to stack
Aug 2026
Added MQTT to stack
Aug 2026
Added gRPC to stack
Aug 2026
Added Apache Kafka to stack
Aug 2026
Jobs
≈ $182k – $354k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Python
MinIO
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DVC
Human-in-the-Loop
LLM Evaluation
Multimodal AI
ONNX
TensorRT
Time Series Forecasting
DevOps
Amazon S3
CI/CD
Docker
Kubernetes
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Isaac Lab
Isaac Sim
LeRobot
MuJoCo
ROS
Teleoperation
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$190k – $223k per year • In office • 7+ years exp • Sunnyvale
Apollo
Obstacle Avoidance
Teleoperation
Apply
$190k – $223k per year • In office • 7+ years exp • Sunnyvale
Synthetic Data
Robotics
Apollo
Digital Twin
MuJoCo
Apply
$215k – $245k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
Fine-tuning
Reinforcement Learning
Robotics
Apollo
Imitation Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Teleoperation
Apply
$240k – $288k per year • In office • Contractor • 8+ years exp • PhD • Sunnyvale
C++
Python
Apollo
Sensor Fusion
Visual-Inertial Odometry
Apply
$210k – $235k per year • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
RTOS
Robotics
Apollo
Apply
≈ $141k – $292k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
Verilog
VHDL
PoC Library
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
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≈ $126k – $285k per year (Estimated) • In office • Internship • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Sunnyvale
Verilog
VHDL
PoC Library
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Apply
≈ $199k – $353k per year (Estimated) • In office • Contractor • 8+ years exp • PhD • Austin
C++
Python
Apollo
Sensor Fusion
Visual-Inertial Odometry
Apply
≈ $184k – $331k per year (Estimated) • In office • 7+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Fine-tuning
Robotics
Apollo
Imitation Learning
Teleoperation
Apply
≈ $151k – $287k per year (Estimated) • In office • 6+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Austin
Apollo
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≈ $190k – $342k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Austin
C++
Isaac Sim
Model Predictive Control
MuJoCo
Sensor Fusion
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