# Research Engineer

Full-time · Yondu AI Yondu builds software that turns off-the-shelf robots into autonomous warehouse labor. We’re looking for a hands-on engineer to build and improve the tools that connect our hardware, AI models, and real-world operations. Your work will span robot control, teleoperation, data annotation, and prototype hardware testing. You’ll investigate new ideas, measure what works, and turn promising experiments into tested, reusable software that other engineers can build on. As we introduce new hardware, warehouse tasks, and models, you’ll own the development and continued improvement of our R&D tools and experimental systems. You’ll work closely with our AI and production engineers, who will carry validated capabilities through production integration and deployment. What you’ll work on Improve our data annotation pipeline. Clean up existing workflows, improve data validation and labeling tools, and make it easier to turn robot demonstrations and deployment data into useful training datasets. Maintain and improve teleoperation software. Improve how operator inputs translate into robot behavior, including action smoothing, motion mapping, responsiveness, and debugging tools

- **Id**: 3927780
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/yondu-research-engineer>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Los Angeles, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-04T05:52:24Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-04T05:52:24Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 34
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3495
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Robotics AI, Logistics & Warehouse Robotics, Robotic Software & Control Systems

## Company

- **Id**: 2673
- **Name**: Yondu
- **Domain**: yondu.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/yondu>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Work at a Startup

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Max**: 225000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 225000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Imitation Learning** — Optional: no
- **Inverse Kinematics** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **ROS** — Optional: no
- **Teleoperation** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 34

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-07T21:17:26Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 30
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 0.6
- **P active**: 0.678
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 34
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: seen:34, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T23:06:42Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 225000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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