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About Springcraft
Today, building robots and intelligent machines means navigating fragmented tools, incompatible hardware, and closed ecosystems. It takes too long, costs too much, and locks builders in.
There is no default platform for physical AI. We're building it.
Springcraft brings together purpose-built hardware, developer tools, and AI models into one open, integrated system so that builders can create machines that sense, understand, and act in the real world.
Founded by the team behind 8th Wall, the largest AR platform for the web (acquired by Niantic), we bring deep experience in spatial computing. Backed by Night Capital, Eric Semler of TCS Capital, Village Global, and exceptional angels, we're based in Palo Alto and hiring our core team now.
The Role
As a Software Engineer (Robotics AI), you will build the intelligence layer of the Springcraft platform, curating, fine-tuning, and developing AI models that let builders add intelligence to their products without needing a research team.
This is a foundational hire. You'll define how AI works across every product on the platform.
Springcraft is built on open hardware and open standards. The AI tools and models you build will be used by developers, researchers, and builders around the world.
What You'll Do
- Curate, integrate, and fine-tune open-source foundation models for robotics perception and motion control
- Build and maintain the platform's AI model library and fine-tuning tools
- Develop simulation-based training, data collection, and deployment pipelines
- Design APIs and tooling that expose AI capabilities to platform developers
- Collaborate with the Software Engineer to integrate AI features into the developer platform
- Collaborate with the Mechatronics Engineer to connect models to hardware and firmware
- Optimize model inference for production deployment
- Evaluate and benchmark emerging foundation models for platform integration
- Contribute to developer documentation for AI tools and models
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of professional or academic experience in ML engineering or robotics AI
- Strong Python and ML framework experience (PyTorch, JAX, or equivalent)
- Experience with robot learning, perception, or foundation models
- Ability to ship ML systems in production, not just research prototypes
- Authorized to work in the United States, we are unable to sponsor work visas at this time
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with sim-to-real transfer or robotics simulation environments
- Experience deploying ML inference on edge hardware
- Published research or open-source contributions in robotics and AI
Location
Palo Alto, CA (In-Person)
Compensation
- Competitive salary ($120,000–$190,000) + meaningful early-stage equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off and holidays
Springcraft is an equal opportunity employer.
Top Skills
Springcraft Palo Alto, California, USA Office
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94301
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