Robotics & autonomy jobs
Open robotics & autonomy positions — postdoc to industry — with employers that recently closed federal science awards listed first. Currently 181 live across 58 employers.
Vehicle Integration Technician
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Systems Architect Engineer
MOMENTUS SPACE LLC · San Jose, CA, USA
Test Engineer
ELROY AIR INC · Byron, CA, USA
Technician
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, TX, USA
Test Engineer II (Arc Vehicle)
INVERSION SPACE COMPANY · Playa Vista, California, USA
Structures/Mechanical Engineering Intern - Spring/Summer 2027
HERMEUS CORP · Atlanta, GA, USA
Staff Simulation Platform Engineer
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA, United States
Staff Systems Engineer, Integration
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA, United States (or Remote)
Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundation Model
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA / San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States
Staff / Senior Mechanical Engineer
ELECTRA.AERO INC. · Manassas, VA, USA
Staff / Senior Flight Physics Engineer
ELECTRA.AERO INC. · Manassas, VA, USA
Staff Engineer, Avionics Integration
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA, USA
Staff Flight Software Engineer, Arc Vehicle
INVERSION SPACE COMPANY · Playa Vista, California, USA
Staff Engineer, Core Flight Controls
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA, USA (Remote OK)
Staff Deep Learning Engineer
QUIDIENT, LLC · Columbia, Maryland, USA
Staff GNC Engineer (State Estimation)
INVERSION SPACE COMPANY · Playa Vista, California, USA
Staff Mechanical Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, TX, United States
Staff Software Engineer, Agent Harnessing
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA, United States (or Remote US)
Structural Analyst Engineer
MOMENTUS SPACE LLC · San Jose, CA, United States
Staff / Senior Electrical Engineer
ELECTRA.AERO INC. · Manassas, VA, USA
Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
MOMENTUS SPACE LLC · San Jose, CA, USA
Software Engineer, Agent Harnessing
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Senior or Staff Computer Vision Engineer
HOVER INC · San Francisco, CA / New York, NY, United States
Software Engineer
KITWARE INC · Clifton Park, NY, United States
Software Engineering Intern (Command & Control) - Fall 2026
HERMEUS CORP · Atlanta, GA, United States
Senior System Engineer - Integration & Verification
Merlin Labs · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Operator Tools
ELROY AIR INC · Byron, California, United States
Senior Systems Engineer, Mission Autonomy
Merlin Labs · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Senior Software Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, TX, United States
Senior Software Engineer – Autonomous Air Systems (Avionics)
Orb Aerospace Inc · Lowell, MI, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Systems
ELROY AIR INC · Byron, CA, United States
Senior Subsystem Test Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Senior Systems Engineer
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, California, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Senior Reliability Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer
ANNO.AI, INC. · Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States
Senior Electrical Engineer
ELROY AIR INC · Byron, California, United States
Senior Electrical Engineer
ANNO.AI, INC. · Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
ANNO.AI, INC. · Remote, United States
Senior Flight Controls Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Senior AI Researcher
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States (Remote US)
Senior Autonomy Software Engineer
HERMEUS CORP · Los Angeles, California, United States
Senior Development Assurance Engineer
Merlin Labs · Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Remote available)
Senior Computer Vision Engineer
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Senior AI Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States (Remote US)
QA Engineering Manager
SKYWAYS AIR TRANSPORTATION INC · Austin, Texas, United States
Robotics Software Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States
SLAM Engineer
QUIDIENT, LLC · Columbia, Maryland, United States
Robot Technician
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States
Principal Electrical Engineer
Orb Aerospace Inc · Lowell, Michigan, United States
Power Systems Engineer
MOMENTUS SPACE LLC · San Jose, California, United States
Principal Electrical Systems Design Engineer
EPIRUS, INC · Torrance, California, United States
Process Engineer, Configuration Management
Merlin Labs · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mission Operator - Field Test Technician (Ground)
Scout AI Inc. · Paso Robles, CA, USA
Mission Operator - Flight Test Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Paso Robles, CA, USA
Lead Systems Engineer, Flight Autonomy
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA, USA
Mechanical Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Manufacturing Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Mission Operator - Forward Deployed Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Paso Robles, CA, USA
Mechanical Engineer - Mechanical Systems
ELROY AIR INC · Byron, CA, USA
Field Application Engineer, Autonomous/Navigation
ANELLO PHOTONICS INC · Santa Clara, CA, USA
Flight Dynamics Engineer
Merlin Labs · Boston, MA, USA
Full Stack Software Engineer
Scout AI Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Lead AI Dataloop and Release Engineer
Merlin Labs · Boston or San Francisco Bay Area
Flight Sciences Engineer
ELROY AIR INC · Byron, CA, USA
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) R&D Technician
MORSECORP, INC · Cambridge, MA, USA
Staff Software Engineer
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC · Seattle, WA / Herndon, VA / Remote, USA
Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer, Factory Automation
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Software Engineer, Frontend
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Sr. Navigation Engineer (8-12 yrs)
ADVANCED SPACE LLC · Westminster, CO, USA
Sr. Controls Engineer
Vulcan Elements Inc. · Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Staff Full Stack Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Compute Architecture
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Staff Software Engineer, Test Infrastructure
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Staff Software Engineer, Robotics
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Systems Engineer (2-5 yrs)
ADVANCED SPACE LLC · Westminster, CO, USA
Software Engineer, Entry-Level
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Staff C++ Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Staff Automation & Controls Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Software Engineer - Rust
DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. · Remote, USA
Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous and Unmanned Systems (FedD178)
DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. · Remote, USA
Senior Software Engineer, Robotics
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Software Engineer, Test Infrastructure
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Flight Software
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Senior Systems Engineer, Mission Success & Performance
MUON SPACE INC · Remote, USA
Senior C++ Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior Flight Software Engineer
SCOUT SPACE INC · Reston, Virginia, United States (Remote)
Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Machine Control Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Mechanical Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, CA, USA
Senior GNC Engineer
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, CA, USA
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Real-Time Systems Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Robotics Systems Software Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Robotic Simulation Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Robotics Software Engineer
MORSECORP, INC · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Navigation Engineer (5-8 yrs)
ADVANCED SPACE LLC · Westminster, Colorado, United States
Optomechanical Engineer
SCOUT SPACE INC · Reston, Virginia, United States (Remote)
Physics-Based Modeling Researcher, Biomedical
KITWARE INC · Carrboro, North Carolina, United States
Principal Automation & Controls Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Mission Design Engineer (2-5 yrs)
ADVANCED SPACE LLC · Westminster, Colorado, United States
Product Insights, Software Engineering Manager
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC · Seattle, Washington, United States; Herndon, Virginia, United States (Remote available)
Industrial Robotics Engineer
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Ground and Control Services, Software Engineering Manager
BLACKSKY GEOSPATIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC · Seattle, Washington, United States (Remote available)
Flight Test Engineer
MORSECORP, INC · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Full Stack Software Engineer
MORSECORP, INC · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Arlington, Virginia, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Engineering Manager, Mission Mechanical
MUON SPACE INC · San Jose, California, United States
Full Stack Software Engineer II
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · Torrance, California, United States
Senior Software Engineer
Crgo Inc · Burlington, MA, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Dropship and Cargo
PYKA INC. · Alameda, CA, United States
Propulsion Mechanical Engineer (Combustion) - Dropship [Multiple levels]
PYKA INC. · Alameda, California, United States
Principal Aerospace Engineer
Crgo Inc · Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Chin Lab) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (van Bijsterveldt Lab)-Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Zuercher Lab) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Jamali Lab) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Liu Lab) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Scientist
HHMI. · Ithaca, New York
Principal Investigators (All Levels) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
School of Biomedical Engineering (BME) in ShanghaiTech University
ShanghaiTech University · Shanghai, China
Senior Scientist, Automated Diagnostic Systems - Pathogen
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Scientist - Photosynthesis Assay Development - Plant Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Scientific Director — Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA · Genoa, Italy
Senior Scientist, AMR Genomics - Pathogen
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Process Robotics in Bioprocess Engineering
TUM (Technical University Munich, Germany) · Munich, Germany
Senior Staff Associate I
Columbia University Irving Medical Center/VP&S · New York City, New York (US)
Scientist, Advanced Genome Technologies - Plant Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Rehm Lab) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Early-Career Group Leader Opportunities: Xuemin Investigator Program
Xuemin Institute of Advanced Studies, Fudan University · Shanghai (CN)
Head of Molecular Robotics Genomics Tech Platform and of Scientific Core Facilities (f/m/d)
IMBA - Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie GmbH · Vienna (AT)
Glassware and Media Prep Technician - Plant Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Global Faculty Recruitment 2026 – Tenured/Tenure-Track Positions at All Ranks
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School · located in Shenzhen, a vibrant innovation hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Mass Spectrometry Technician
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Media and Glass Technician - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Laboratory Technician - Plant Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Laboratory Technician (Plant Cell Culture) - Plant Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
PhD Positions in Data Science
Helmholtz-Zentrum München · Munich (Stadt), Bayern (DE)
Bio-ML Scientist (Metabolic Modelling) - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Vivarium Support Technician (Temp-to-Hire)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) · Ashburn, Virginia
VinUniversity Assistant Professorships (VAP)
VinUniversity · Hanoi City (VN)
Assistant Professor - Computational Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience
Unversity of California, Berkeley · Berkeley
Automation Scientist
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
CUHK-Shenzhen Long Feng Science Forum 2026 Global Young Scholars' Forum August 28-30, 2026
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Shenzhen, Guangdong (CN)
Bioinformatics Engineer
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Chair Professors, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, and Assistant Professors
City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) - Faculty · Guangdong (CN)
Assistant Professors/Associate Professors/Professors/Chair Professors (on substantiation-track)
City University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong (HK)
(Senior) Computational Genomics Scientist, Algorithms & AI/ML
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Beamline scientist at ID09
ESRF · Grenoble (FR)
(Senior) Scientist, Plant Metabolic Engineering - Plant Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire
Assistant Professor in Materials Chemistry - (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders) – McGill University
McGill University, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science · Montréal, Quebec (CA)
Assistant/Associate Professor on Term, Neurocognition, Wu Tsai Institute and Partner Department(s)
Yale University - Wu Tsai Institute · New Haven, Connecticut (US)
Research Assistant (Zuercher Lab) - Generative Biology Insititute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School · Tsinghua SIGS is located in Shenzhen, a vibrant innovation hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Professor in Electrical Engineering – Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
Université Polytechnique, Montréal · Montréal, Quebec (CA)
Professor / Associate Professor Positions at City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan)
City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) · Dongguan, Guangdong, China
R&D Specialist in AI for Biomedical Imaging
University of Luxembourg · Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette
SD-26114-R&T SCIENTIST IN CONTINUAL LEARNING FOR OT ANOMALY DETECTION
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) · Luxembourg
Senior Image Data Scientist-Center for Bioimage Informatics
St Jude Children's Research Hospital · Memphis, Tennessee
Research Assistant (Jamali Lab) - Generative Biology Insitute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Postdoc in micromagnetic modeling of new rare-earth-free permanent magnet
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden (DK)
Postdoctoral Protein Scientist - MDLS
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Postdoctoral Research Scientists - Materials & Devices for Life Sciences
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Postdoctoral position in Agentic AI in Computational Modeling
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon · Rostock, Germany (DE)
Faculty Position in School of Biomedical Engineering, Nanjing University
Nanjing University · Suzhou, Jiangsu (CN)
Faculty Position in Radiology and AI Innovation Research
eQuest · Scottsdale, Arizona
Faculty Positions (School of Biomedical Engineering (BME))
ShanghaiTech University · Shanghai (CN)
Global Recruitment for Faculty and Researchers at Anhui Normal University
Anhui Normal University · Wuhu, Anhui (CN)
HPC Engineer - Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Media & Glass Technician, Generative Biology Institute
Ellison Institute of Technology · Oxford, Oxfordshire (GB)
Open Rank Faculty Position (Tenure/Teaching/Research Stream) - School of Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Science and Engineering · Shenzhen, China
Faculty Positions in School of Al for Science / School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, PKUSZ
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School · University Town of Shenzhen, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, P.R.China
Materials Science Specialized LLM & AI Agent Development [A26-02]
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
Lead researcher position in AI-Embedded Synthetic Biology
French National Institute for Health Research (INSERM) · Paris, Ile-de-France (FR)
Materials Science Specialized AI and Robotics
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) · Tsukuba, Ibaraki (JP)
Global Faculty Recruitment in Artificial Intelligence-The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen · Located in southern China's Guangdong Province, Shenzhen sits on the eastern shore of the Pearl River Estuary. It shares a southern border with Hong Kong and faces the South China Sea, forming a core geographic hub of the Greater Bay Area.
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The money behind robotics & autonomy
18 open federal and foundation funding opportunities currently pay for work in this area — browse them. Funded fields hire; that is why this board exists.
Recently funded employers hiring here now
- KITWARE INC — $10.2M in recent awards · 2 open roles
- DEFENSE UNICORNS, INC. — $6.4M in recent awards · 2 open roles
- MUON SPACE INC — $5.1M in recent awards · 9 open roles
Counts measured live from our funding corpus and the SBIR award record — not estimates.