Robotics Engineer

Real-Time Robotics Engineer

Join Terran Robotics to help pioneer intelligent, autonomous construction systems at the ground floor of a fast-moving, multidisciplinary startup.

About Terran Robotics Inc.

We combine robotics and adobe materials to flip the housing crisis to a state of abundance.

Terran Robotics – Automated Adobe Construction

terranrobotics.ai

We are seeking a Real-Time Robotics Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team which spans mechanical, electrical, materials, robotics, AI, and software engineering. This role is ideal for someone passionate about building intelligent robotic systems that learn from experience and operate in dynamic, real-world environments. You'll play a key role in developing and optimizing the systems that power our autonomous earth construction robots.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement real-time control systems for robotic platforms.
• Develop and optimize full system pipelines with strict latency budgets.
• Integrate hardware interfaces including sensors, actuators, and embedded systems.
• Apply control theory, signal processing, and optimization techniques to robotic systems.
• Collaborate on reinforcement learning strategies for physical systems.
• Contribute to system architecture and software infrastructure for robotic automation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including mechanical, electrical, and AI engineers.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in control theory, optimization, and signal processing.
• Experience profiling and optimizing real-time systems with latency constraints.
• Familiarity with hardware interfaces, sensors, and actuators.
• Passion for robotics and autonomous systems that learn from experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with reinforcement learning applied to physical systems.
• Background in machine learning and reinforcement learning.
• Familiarity with simulation environments.
• Exposure to construction robotics or heavy machinery automation.

Location & Travel

• Terran Robotics Lab in Bloomington, Indiana.
• < 5% Travel.

Compensation

• Salary Range: $95,000 – $140,000/year commensurate with experience, qualifications and location
• Equity: Participation in the Company's Equity Incentive Plan
• Employee Benefits & Vacation per Company policies

Hiring Process

• Once you apply, our human resources team will screen your application and will notify you of next steps.
• If your application advances to this step, our human resources team will schedule and conduct a video interview with you, and we will notify you of next steps.
• If your application advances to this step, our team will schedule and conduct a video interview between you and the hiring manager. Then, we will notify you of next steps.
• If your application advances to this step, our team might ask you to conduct an additional interview and/or at-home assignment. Then, we will notify you of next steps.
• If your application advances to this step, our team will make you an offer of employment or contract, contingent on a background investigation. All background investigations are provided by third-party contractors who specialize in these services. Background investigations may involve verifying, reviewing and/or testing any information submitted in the application.

EOE Statement

Terran Robotics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, Veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local law.