Robotics Engineer

Principal Consultant | Physical AI, Computer Vision & Smart Manufacturing/Robotics

Role: Robotics Engineer – Autonomous Drones, AI Agents & Speech-Control Systems

Location: Austin, Texas (with some travel)

Employment Type: Full-time

We are seeking a Robotics Engineer to design, build, and deploy autonomous systems with a primary focus on aerial robots (UAS/drones) and intelligent AI agents. A core element of this role is developing speech-driven control interfaces and natural-language command systems that allow humans to interact intuitively with robotic platforms. You will work across perception, planning, controls, and voice interfaces
, including deployment on NVIDIA Jetson hardware.

• Design, prototype, and test autonomous drone platforms and robotic systems
• Develop speech recognition and natural-language command pipelines for robot control
• Integrate ASR (automatic speech recognition) and LLM-based agent behaviors for mission command
• Deploy and optimize AI workloads on NVIDIA Jetson (Nano, Xavier, Orin)
• Build human-robot interaction workflows enabling hands-free, voice-based tasking
• Integrate sensors such as IMUs, GPS, LiDAR, cameras, and onboard compute modules
• Develop simulation and real-world validation environments
• Conduct field testing and iterate autonomy and speech command robustness
• Ensure adherence to aviation and safety regulatory standards

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Robotics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, CS, or related field
• Hands‑on experience with drones/UAS or mobile robotic platforms
• Strong experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms and Jet Pack SDK
• Experience with automatic speech recognition (ASR) and keyword spotting
• Familiarity with LLMs or conversational AI for agent command generation
• Proficiency in ROS/ROS2
  , C++ and/or Python
• Background in controls, motion planning, or SLAM

• $160,000 + Bonus
• Equity (early stage)
• Strong PTO
• 401k
• Life Insurance
• Short/Long-Term Disability, Wellness Programs

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• Mid‑Senior level

• Full-time

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Industries:
Robotics Engineering, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Manufacturing

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