Staff Robotics Research Engineer: Perception & Foundation Models
Industrial Next (YC W22)
IndustrialNext, based in San Francisco, is building autonomous factories with state-of-the-art perception and foundation-model driven robotics. As a Member of Technical Staff, Research, you will advance perception models, data pipelines, and scalable training workflows for real-world robots deployed in manufacturing. You will collaborate across hardware and software, train on real and simulated data, and lead efforts from model design to deployment, ensuring high-precision manipulation and #J-18808-Ljbffr Industrial Next (YC W22)
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