Tactile Sensing Research Engineer

1X
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 200,000 - 250,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: phdSkills: ["Experimental mindset","Evidence-driven decision making","Hands-on prototyping","Intellectual rigor","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Advance tactile sensing toward human-level capability for a home humanoid robot by developing sensing systems that capture the structure and dynamics of physical contact. Drive iterative cycles of design, fabrication, testing, and refinement to improve performance across spatial resolution, temporal response, dynamic range, robustness, and durability. Establish benchmarking versus human tactile capability and other state-of-the-art sensors, and help transition promising concepts toward integration with robotic manipulation.

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Tactile Sensing Research Engineer

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Job Summary

Advance tactile sensing toward human-level capability for a home humanoid robot by developing sensing systems that capture the structure and dynamics of physical contact. Drive iterative cycles of design, fabrication, testing, and refinement to improve performance across spatial resolution, temporal response, dynamic range, robustness, and durability. Establish benchmarking versus human tactile capability and other state-of-the-art sensors, and help transition promising concepts toward integration with robotic manipulation.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop tactile sensing systems that capture the structure and dynamics of physical contact.
  • •Run repeated design-fabrication-testing-refinement cycles focused on fundamental performance limits and bottlenecks.
  • •Improve sensing performance across spatial resolution, temporal response, dynamic range, robustness, and durability.
  • •Create rigorous benchmarking methodologies against human tactile capabilities and other state-of-the-art sensing technologies.
  • •Generate experimental evidence to guide research decisions and support transition toward integration with robotic manipulation systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 250,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveParental LeaveHsaFsaRetirement MatchDisability InsuranceLife InsuranceCommuter BenefitsSnacksMeal AllowanceParking

Key Requirements

  • •PhD in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Bioengineering, or a closely related field.
  • •Demonstrated high-impact contributions to tactile sensing or related sensing technologies via publications, patents, deployed systems, or equivalent achievements.
  • •Proven experience developing sensing technologies through multiple generations of design, fabrication, and validation.
  • •Strong hands-on experience building and testing physical sensing systems.
  • •Track record identifying and overcoming fundamental performance limitations in sensing technologies.
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:Experimental mindsetEvidence-driven decision makingHands-on prototypingIntellectual rigorCross-functional collaboration

Company Brief

1X
Develops humanoid robots and embodied AI systems designed to perform useful work in real-world environments. The company focuses on building general-purpose robotic labor for tasks in industries such as logistics, manufacturing, and security.
Industry: Robotics
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Moss, Norway
Founded: 2014
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