Robotics Engineer Salary in San Francisco

Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $224,392/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Lambda Robotics

lambdarobotics.ai
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.
lambdarobotics.ai • San Francisco • Robotics • Robotics AI
San Francisco • Robotics • Robotics AI
Verified live · 1 hour ago 6 hours ago

Mechatronics Engineer

$112k – $261k per year (Estimated) • Equity 0.2–3% • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Master's Degree • Internship
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Formic

formic.co
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.
formic.co • HQ: Chicago, United States • Exhibitions • Industrial Robotics • Industrial Machinery • Est. 2020
HQ: Chicago, United States • Exhibitions • Industrial Robotics • Industrial Machinery • Est. 2020
Verified live · 3 hours ago 3 days ago

Robotics Field Service Technician

$51k – $115k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • 2+ years expMadison • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Junior • Spanish: C1
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Robotics Field Service Technician

$40k – $115k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Junior • 2+ years expSan Francisco • Remote (Canada) • Full-Time • Junior • Spanish: C1
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Robotics Field Service Engineer

$58k – $88k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Middle • Spanish: C1
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Intuitive

intuitive.com
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.
intuitive.com • HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Health Care • Robotics • Medical Devices • Medical & Healthcare Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Sunnyvale, United States • Health Care • Robotics • Medical Devices • Medical & Healthcare Robotics • 1001-5000 employees
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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotic Accessories

$128k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle • English
SolidWorks
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Relling

relling.co
American manufacturing, automated. AI robot workcells qualified off-site — live on your floor in weeks, not quarters.
relling.co • San Francisco • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Industrial Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025
San Francisco • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Industrial Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2025
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Robot Learning Engineer

$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
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Roboticscenter

roboticscenter.ai
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.
roboticscenter.ai • San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Humanoid Robots • 11-50 employees
San Francisco • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Humanoid Robots • 11-50 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago

Robotics Engineer

$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
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 4 days ago

Robotics Engineer Intern

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
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Polymath Robotics

polymathrobotics.com
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.
polymathrobotics.com • San Francisco • Industrial Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 11-50 employees
San Francisco • Industrial Robotics • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 11-50 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 4 days ago

Sr. Robotics Controls Engineer in San Francisco

$150k – $250k per year • Equity 0–0.2% • Senior • 6+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
Robotics
Model Predictive Control
ROS
ROS2
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Acornproductdevelopment

acornproductdevelopment.com
acornproductdevelopment.com • Denver • Milpitas • Waltham • Boston • Science & Engineering • Design & Creative • Industrial Design
Denver • Milpitas • Waltham • Boston • Science & Engineering • Design & Creative • Industrial Design
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Senior Mechanical Engineer / Project Manager- Milpitas

$114k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 8+ years expMilpitas • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
SolidWorks
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$109k – $209k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Senior • 8+ years expBoston • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Master's Degree • Senior
SolidWorks
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Anthrogen

anthrogen.com
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.
anthrogen.com • San Francisco • 11-50 employees
San Francisco • 11-50 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 4 days ago

Robotics Engineer

$140k – $220k per year • Equity 0.1–0.5% • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Reinforcement Learning
DevOps
Git
Robotics
Reinforcement Learning
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Nimble Robotics

nimble.ai
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.
nimble.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Commerce • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Commerce • Logistics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2017
Top 25% payVerified live · 8 hours ago 4 days ago

Senior Robotics Firmware Engineer

$180k – $230k per year • Senior • 4+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Senior
C++
Rust
DevOps
RTOS
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Top 25% payVerified live · 8 hours ago 1 month ago

Senior Mechanical Engineer

$150k – $220k per year • Senior • 7+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
SolidWorks
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Top 25% payVerified live · 8 hours ago 1 month ago

Robot SW Test Engineer

$150k – $195k per year • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
Python
Rust
Robotics
ROS
ROS2
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Shield AI

shield.ai
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.
shield.ai • HQ: San Diego, United States • Space & Aerospace • Drones & UAVs • Defense AI • Military Drones • Military • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
HQ: San Diego, United States • Space & Aerospace • Drones & UAVs • Defense AI • Military Drones • Military • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
Top 25% payVerified live · 8 hours ago 5 days ago

Sr. Staff Mechanical Engineer - BlueSky (R5825)

$240k – $350k per year • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
SolidWorks
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Top 25% payVerified live · 8 hours ago 7 months ago

Principal Aerostructures Design Engineer (R5163)

$240k – $360k per year • Lead • 15+ years expSeattle • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Digital Twin
Design
SolidWorks
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Avride

avride.ai
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.
avride.ai • HQ: Austin, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Smart Mobility • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
HQ: Austin, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Smart Mobility • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees • Est. 2024
Verified live · 5 min ago 9 days ago

Robot Service Technician Assistant

$69k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Part-Time
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$69k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Part-Time
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Robot Service Technician Assistant

$69k – $155k per year (Estimated) • Junior • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Part-Time
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Blue River Technology

bluerivertechnology.com
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.
bluerivertechnology.com • Santa Clara • Fresno • Machine Learning • Design & Creative • Hardware
Santa Clara • Fresno • Machine Learning • Design & Creative • Hardware
Top 25% payVerified live · 12 hours ago 11 days ago

Principal Robotics Engineer, Autonomous Systems

$174k – $305k per year • Lead • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Principal
Computer Vision
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Top 25% payVerified live · 12 hours ago 11 days ago

Principal Robotics Engineer, Autonomous Systems

$174k – $305k per year • Lead • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Principal
Computer Vision
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Top 25% payVerified live · 12 hours ago 1 month ago

Principal Autonomous Systems Safety Engineer

$174k – $305k per year • Lead • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Principal
Computer Vision
DevOps
AWS
Robotics
ROS2
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Pronto.ai

pronto.ai
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.
pronto.ai • 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
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
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Senior Robotics Test Engineer

$176k – $242k per year • Equity • Senior • 3+ years expIn 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
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 10 days ago

Mechanical Engineer

$114k – $280k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Junior
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 1 month ago

Senior Robotics Systems Engineer

$176k – $242k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Internship • Senior
C#
C++
Java
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
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Atoms

atoms.co
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).
atoms.co • San Francisco • Seattle • New York • Bogotá • Washington • Manufacturing • Robotics • Industrial Automation • Industrial Robotics
San Francisco • Seattle • New York • Bogotá • Washington • Manufacturing • Robotics • Industrial Automation • Industrial Robotics
Top 25% pay 10 days ago

Mechanical Engineer

$114k – $280k per year • Equity • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
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DoorDash

doordash.com
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.
doordash.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Commerce • Marketplaces • Transportation & Logistics • Delivery
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Commerce • Marketplaces • Transportation & Logistics • Delivery
$4k – $14k per year • Equity • Middle • 4+ years expSan Francisco • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
C++
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
Robotics
SLAM
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Rimkus

rimkus.com
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.
rimkus.com • HQ: Houston, United States • Science & Engineering • Professional Services
HQ: Houston, United States • Science & Engineering • Professional Services
Verified live · 1 day ago 15 days ago

Forensic Mechanical Engineer - Charlotte, NC

$97k – $225k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years expCharlotte • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
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Forensic Mechanical Engineer - Baltimore, MD

$97k – $225k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 10+ years expBaltimore • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
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Skydio

skydio.com
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.
skydio.com • HQ: San Mateo, United States • Military • Military Drones • Consumer Electronics • Drones • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: San Mateo, United States • Military • Military Drones • Consumer Electronics • Drones • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 10 hours ago 17 days ago

Senior Curriculum Developer, sUAS Operations

$110k – $145k per year • Equity • Senior • 7+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Senior
Digital Twin
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Simbe Robotics

simberobotics.com
Simbe combines shelf-scanning robots, fixed sensors, and RFID in one platform, giving retailers accurate inventory, pricing, and shelf data in real time.
simberobotics.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Retail & Shop Systems • Robotics • Retail & Commercial Robotics • 51-200 employees
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Retail & Shop Systems • Robotics • Retail & Commercial Robotics • 51-200 employees
$190k – $240k per year • Lead • 7+ years expRemote/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
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$72k per year • Remote (United States) • Contractor
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
DevOps
Opsgenie
Robotics
ROS
Management
Confluence
Jira
Marketing
Zendesk
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OpenAI

openai.com
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.
openai.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Multimodal AI • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Multimodal AI • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • LLM & Generative AI • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 26 days ago

Mechanical Commissioning Project Engineer

$206k – $327k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
OpenAI
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics

$342k – $468k per year • Lead • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time • Staff
OpenAI
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Mechanical Engineer, Soft Goods Design

$266k – $295k per year • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
TPU
OpenAI
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Dcthomsonshop

dcthomsonshop.co.uk
This bundle brings together both volumes of Dandy Presents: Desperate Dan by bestselling comic creator Jamie Smart.
dcthomsonshop.co.uk • Sydney • New York • Berlin • Amsterdam • Lehi • Content Creation • Consumer Goods • Commerce
Sydney • New York • Berlin • Amsterdam • Lehi • Content Creation • Consumer Goods • Commerce
Verified live · 11 hours ago 28 days ago

Sr Mechanical Engineer [South Bay, CA]

$128k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
GDPR
Design
SolidWorks
QA
Rest-Assured
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Sr. Mechanical Engineer

$128k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 6+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • PhD • Full-Time • Senior
GDPR
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SolidWorks
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Robotics Engineer Salary in San Francisco
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How many Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco are available on Alion?
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What salary do Robotics Engineer jobs in San Francisco pay?
The average salary is around $224,392 per year based on the current listings.
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