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# Forward Deployed Engineer - AI Partnerships

- **Company:** Scion Staffing, Inc.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Web Browsers, SAP Ariba
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://scionstaffing.com/apply-with-scion-staffing/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field is required; a master's degree is welcomed.
 * Minimum of 4 years of professional experience in robotics engineering, robotic manipulation, systems integration, or a closely related area.
 * Substantial hands-on experience with robotic arms or manipulators, including hardware integration, robot bring-up, testing, debugging, or deployment; mobile robotics experience is an added advantage.
 * Strong programming experience with Python, working knowledge of ROS2, and comfort operating in Linux and command-line environments; familiarity with NVIDIA technologies is preferred.
 * Practical understanding of robot control, kinematics, motion planning, trajectory execution, communication interfaces, and hardware/software integration.
 * At least 1 year of exposure to AI or deep learning in a robotics environment, such as perception, object detection, pose estimation, or path planning; familiarity with simulation tools, vision-language-action models, or robotic foundation models is a plus.
 * Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently, build credibility with highly technical partners, and spend extended periods working at Bay Area partner locations.

## Description

The Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer will work directly with leading AI developers and robotics partners to integrate intelligent applications onto advanced robotic platforms. This highly visible position combines hands-on robot integration, software development, technical troubleshooting, and partner-facing consulting, with an initial emphasis on robotic arms and manipulators. The engineer will bridge the gap between robotics research and successful real-world deployment while helping shape future platform features based on partner needs., * Serve as the primary technical contact for AI and robotics partners, providing hands-on support during onsite, sprint-style integration engagements that may range from approximately two weeks to one month.

 * Develop and adapt production-quality software using Python, ROS2, Linux, and command-line tools to connect partner applications with robotic systems and interfaces.
 * Integrate, configure, test, and troubleshoot robotic arms and manipulators, with additional opportunities to support autonomous mobile robotics platforms.
 * Diagnose complex issues across software, hardware, sensors, networking, motion planning, trajectory execution, control loops, calibration, timing, and overall system performance.
 * Collaborate with partners to design platform capabilities, build reference implementations, create integration examples, and contribute reusable tools and technical guidance.
 * Support the integration of perception and learning-based technologies-including pose estimation, path planning, object detection, and related AI models-and communicate real-world partner feedback to internal product and engineering teams., Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, Max. file size: 25 MB.
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