
Lumen Labs is hiring a
Robotics / Hardware Engineer
About Lumen Labs
Lumen Labs is building the cognitive layer for physical AI. Nearly every major robotics effort today relies on teleoperation; we’re developing nature-inspired architectures for unstructured environments (construction sites, mining, pipelines, battlefield). Pre-seed, backed by top VC funds and operators from robotics/AI companies. A small team (two founders) hiring teammate #3 to own the hardware and infrastructure that keeps our research platforms running: the ROS2 (Humble) stack across onboard and offboard compute, sensor integration and calibration (LiDAR, depth, IMU, encoders), the safety pipeline during autonomous runs, and getting trained policies onto real hardware.
Job Description
Own hardware and infrastructure that keeps our research platforms running: the ROS2 (Humble) stack across onboard and offboard compute, sensor integration and calibration (LiDAR, depth, IMU, encoders), the safety pipeline during autonomous runs, and getting trained policies onto real hardware. Today that’s wheeled navigation; we’re dipping into drones and eyeing weirder platforms like pipeline inspection. Zero-shot sim2real transfer with a policy that runs at 100Hz on an ESP32 and took under a day to train. You’ll work hands-on with real mobile robots (UART, encoders, PWM, IMU, LiDAR), strong Python + embedded, comfortable reading code you didn’t write, and can debug hardware and firmware at the same time. If "full-stack" to you means firmware, a multimeter, and a ROS node in the same afternoon, you’ll fit right in. Visa/relocation support for the right person.Remote Conditions
Onsite (San Francisco, CA)
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
130K
to
200K
Benefits
Equity, visa/relocation support
Tech Tags
Equity Offered
Date Listed
12 September, 2026 (1 day ago)
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