Physical work,reimagined.. Lambda Robotics builds autonomous robots for the data centers and facilities that keep AI compute running. We deploy them into the real world, and they get better with every deployment.
San Francisco • Robotics • Robotics AI
≈ $112k – $261k per year (Estimated) • Equity 0.2–3% • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Master's Degree • Internship
Formic deploys industrial robots to small manufacturers on an hourly rate rather than a capital purchase. Founded in 2020 in Chicago, it monitors every deployed system remotely and uses the data to improve uptime. The model removes the automation engineering burden from factories that cannot hire specialists.
HQ: Chicago, United States • Exhibitions • Industrial Robotics • Industrial Machinery • Est. 2020
≈ $51k – $115k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • 2+ years exp • Madison • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Junior • Spanish: C1
≈ $40k – $115k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • 2+ years exp • San Francisco • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Junior • Spanish: C1
$58k – $88k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Middle • Spanish: C1
Intuitive is a global medical technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery. It develops, manufactures, and markets minimally invasive care systems, including the da Vinci surgical system and the Ion endoluminal system. The company helps physicians and hospitals perform complex procedures with enhanced precision, visualization, and control.
HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Health Care • Robotics • Medical Devices • Medical & Healthcare Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
≈ $128k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle • English
American manufacturing, automated. AI robot workcells qualified off-site — live on your floor in weeks, not quarters.
San Francisco • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Industrial Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025
$120k – $170k per year • Equity 0.1–0.3% • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Fine-tuning
Robotics
Imitation Learning
Motion Planning
Buy or lease 90+ humanoids, arms, and quadrupeds. Custom teleoperation datasets and reinforcement learning environments for VLA and foundation-model research. San Francisco lab, global shipping, trusted by research teams at 6+ universities.
San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Humanoid Robots • 11-50 employees
$80k – $180k per year • Junior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Anomaly Detection
OpenCV
Computer Vision
Robotics
MoveIt
ROS
ROS2
Autonomous Navigation
Path Planning
Sensor Fusion
SLAM
Teleoperation
Intern • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Internship • Intern
Anomaly Detection
OpenCV
Computer Vision
Robotics
MoveIt
ROS
ROS2
Autonomous Navigation
Path Planning
Sensor Fusion
SLAM
Teleoperation
Polymath Robotics builds core autonomy and safety systems for off-highway vehicles. Trusted by OEMs, fleet operators, and defense leaders to power the future of autonomy.
San Francisco • Industrial Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 11-50 employees
$150k – $250k per year • Equity 0–0.2% • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Robotics
Model Predictive Control
ROS
ROS2
Denver • Milpitas • Waltham • Boston • Science & Engineering • Design & Creative • Industrial Design
≈ $114k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years exp • Milpitas • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
≈ $109k – $209k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 8+ years exp • Boston • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Senior
Anthrogen is building the network behind biological intelligence. We are an AI-research lab building a complete networkfor biologics discovery and development. So far, we've built the bestprotein generation engine, Odyssey, which can reason across modalities.
San Francisco • 11-50 employees
$140k – $220k per year • Equity 0.1–0.5% • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Reinforcement Learning
DevOps
Git
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
Nimble (Nimble Robotics) is an AI-powered robotics and autonomous third-party logistics (3PL) company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2017 by Simon Kalouche, the company develops fully autonomous fulfillment networks powered by intelligent picking, packing, and sorting robots ("Superhumanoids") alongside cloud supply chain management software.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Commerce • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
$180k – $230k per year • Senior • 4+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Senior
$150k – $220k per year • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
$150k – $195k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
Python
Rust
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
Shield AI is an American defence technology company founded in 2015 that builds autonomy software and uncrewed aircraft for military missions. Its Hivemind autonomy stack lets aircraft fly, navigate and complete objectives without GPS, a remote pilot or a communications link, which matters in contested environments where those links are jammed. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the company fields the V-BAT vertical take-off aircraft with United States and allied forces, licenses Hivemind to other manufacturers and is developing the X-BAT jet for high-end missions.
HQ: San Diego, United States • Space & Aerospace • Drones & UAVs • Defense AI • Military Drones • Military • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
$240k – $350k per year • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
$240k – $360k per year • Lead • 15+ years exp • Seattle • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Digital Twin
Design
SolidWorks
Avride develops self-driving cars and sidewalk delivery robots, and was created in 2024 when Nebius spun out the former Yandex autonomous vehicle division. Its delivery robots operate on American university campuses and with food delivery platforms, while its robotaxi programme runs with Hyundai and Uber. Engineering is based in Austin, Texas.
HQ: Austin, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Smart Mobility • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
≈ $69k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Part-Time
≈ $69k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Part-Time
≈ $69k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Part-Time
Blue River Technology is at the forefront of agricultural innovation, developing intelligent machinery designed to improve farming yields and reduce environmental impacts. By integrating robotics, computer vision, and machine learning, the company is revolutionizing agriculture through a unique blend of Silicon Valley tech and hands-on fieldwork. Their purpose is to tackle significant challenges in agriculture, optimize chemical usage, and drive global sustainability, all while fostering an engaged and collaborative company culture.
Santa Clara • Fresno • Machine Learning • Design & Creative • Hardware
$174k – $305k per year • Lead • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Principal
$174k – $305k per year • Lead • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Principal
$174k – $305k per year • Lead • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Principal
Computer Vision
DevOps
AWS
Robotics
ROS2
Pronto.ai is an autonomous vehicle technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2018 by Anthony Levandowski. The company builds camera based autonomy that retrofits onto heavy haul trucks, aimed at off road industrial sites rather than public roads. It deploys its systems in quarries and mines, where autonomous haulage runs on fixed routes under controlled site conditions.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Fleet Management • Mining Tech • Natural Resources • Autonomous Driving • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Transportation & Logistics • Mining & Heavy Industry Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
$176k – $242k per year • Equity • Senior • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
C++
C++
Protobuf
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
GCP
GitHub Actions
Kubernetes
GitHub
Robotics
CARLA
Gazebo
Isaac Sim
ROS
Management
Notion
Slack
QA
Pytest
$114k – $280k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
$176k – $242k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Internship • Senior
C#
C++
Java
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
Atoms is Travis Kalanick's industrial robotics company, brought out of eight years of stealth in 2026 as the rebrand of City Storage Systems, the parent of CloudKitchens. It builds task-specific robots and automation infrastructure across three areas: Atoms Food (infrastructure for better food), Atoms Mining (more productive mines), and Atoms Transport (a wheelbase for robots).
San Francisco • Seattle • New York • Bogotá • Washington • Manufacturing • Robotics • Industrial Automation • Industrial Robotics
$114k – $280k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
DoorDash is an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco that operates a leading global local commerce and on-demand delivery platform. The company connects consumers with local merchants, offering last-mile logistics for restaurant meals, groceries, convenience goods, and retail items delivered by independent couriers. Beyond its core consumer marketplace, DoorDash provides digital ordering software, merchant advertising tools, and white-label fulfillment services for businesses across multiple countries.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Commerce • Marketplaces • Transportation & Logistics • Delivery
$4k – $14k per year • Equity • Middle • 4+ years exp • San Francisco • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Robotics
SLAM
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Rimkus delivers independent delay analysis, quantum assessment, forensic technical consulting, and project advisory services across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
HQ: Houston, United States • Science & Engineering • Professional Services
≈ $97k – $225k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Charlotte • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
≈ $97k – $225k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years exp • Baltimore • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Skydio is an American drone manufacturer and defense technology company headquartered in San Mateo, California, renowned for its autonomous flight technology. The company leverages advanced artificial intelligence and computer vision to build drones that can navigate complex environments and avoid obstacles without human pilot control. Primarily serving enterprise, public safety, and defense sectors worldwide, its platforms are widely deployed for critical infrastructure inspection, search and rescue, and intelligence operations.
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Military • Military Drones • Consumer Electronics • Drones • 1001-5000 employees
$110k – $145k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Simbe combines shelf-scanning robots, fixed sensors, and RFID in one platform, giving retailers accurate inventory, pricing, and shelf data in real time.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Retail & Shop Systems • Robotics • Retail & Commercial Robotics • 51-200 employees
$190k – $240k per year • Lead • 7+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Principal
C++
Python
C++
PyTorch C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
CUDA Toolkit
LLM
Multimodal AI
ONNX
PyTorch
TensorFlow
TensorRT
AI Agents
Edge AI
Robotics
Isaac Sim
Path Planning
Perception
ROS
ROS2
Sensor Fusion
SLAM
$72k per year • Remote (United States) • Contractor
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
DevOps
Opsgenie
Robotics
ROS
Management
Confluence
Jira
Marketing
Zendesk
OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015 with the mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It develops the GPT family of large language models and turns them into consumer and developer products, including the ChatGPT assistant, the Sora video model, the Codex coding agent and a commercial API used by millions of developers. Structured as a public benefit corporation controlled by a non-profit foundation, the company is backed by Microsoft and SoftBank and operates from San Francisco.
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Multimodal AI • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
$206k – $327k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
$342k – $468k per year • Lead • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Staff
$266k – $295k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
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Sydney • New York • Berlin • Amsterdam • Lehi • Content Creation • Consumer Goods • Commerce
≈ $128k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
GDPR
Design
SolidWorks
QA
Rest-Assured
≈ $128k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years exp • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
GDPR
Design
SolidWorks
QA
Rest-Assured
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Junior |
9 |
$120K |
$144K |
$161K |
| Middle |
13 |
$88K |
$88K |
$88K |
| Senior |
15 |
$200K |
$240K |
$250K |
| All levels |
57 |
$120K |
$208K |
$264K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Relocation package
28%
33
The market right now
Alion currently lists 118 open Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco from 43 companies. 30 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 37 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
57 of these Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $120K and $264K a year, with a median of $208K. By level, the median runs junior at $144K, middle at $88K, and senior at $240K. The step from junior to senior is worth about 1.7x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are Singapore (2) and Vietnam (1). 50% of the listings are fully remote and a further 6% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco right now are Avride (23), Formic (12), Pronto.ai (9), Physical Intelligence (6), OpenAI (5), and Fluidstack (5). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (26), C++ (19), SolidWorks (18), ROS (16), Computer Vision (10), ROS2 (9), Sensor Fusion (8), and Multimodal AI (7). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco, 13 state visa sponsorship, 33 offer a relocation package, and 34 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
