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Robotics & Autonomy roles U.S. employers hire international talent for

Humanoids, autonomous vehicles and robot manipulation. Each profile describes the work, what employers screen for, and how a career like it maps to the O-1. These are role profiles, not job openings.

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Senior Tactile Sensing Research Engineer, Dexterous ManipulationHumanoid home-robotics company in the Bay Area, operating since 2014 and shipping its first consumer robotSan Carlos, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fitAdded week of Nov 9, 2026Senior Research Engineer / Scientist, Humanoid Capability Open CallHumanoid home-robot company with an internal research lab, Bay AreaSan Carlos, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 9, 2026Senior Reinforcement Learning Engineer, Humanoid Locomotion and ManipulationHuman-centered robotics company building AI-powered humanoid robots for manufacturing, logistics and beyond, Bay AreaSunnyvale, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 9, 2026Senior AI Researcher, Robot Learning (Manipulation and Locomotion RL)Humanoid home-robot company, Bay Area, with a motion team covering perception and whole-body controlSan Carlos, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fitAdded week of Nov 9, 2026Robotics Software Engineer, Learned Manipulation Policies and Post-TrainingHumanoid robotics company in the Bay Area building AI-powered robots for industries like manufacturing and logisticsSunnyvale, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fitAdded week of Nov 9, 2026Senior Staff Systems Engineer, Perception and Planner Safety RiskAutonomous driving technology company running a fully driverless ride-hail service, Bay AreaMountain View, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 9, 2026Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Perception Simulation RealismAutonomous driving technology company running a fully driverless ride-hail service, Bay AreaMountain View, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 9, 2026Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal PerceptionAutonomous driving technology company running a fully autonomous ride-hail service, Bay AreaMountain View, CA (Bay Area) · Hybrid · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 9, 2026Research Scientist, Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Planning and World ModelingAutonomous driving technology company running a fully autonomous ride-hail service, Bay AreaMountain View, CA (Bay Area) · Hybrid · Full-timeO-1A fitAdded week of Nov 9, 2026Machine Learning Engineer, Perception Continuous LearningAutonomous driving technology company running a fully autonomous ride-hail service, Bay AreaMountain View, CA (Bay Area) · Hybrid · Full-timeO-1A fitAdded week of Nov 9, 2026Staff Software Engineer, Humanoid Whole-Body ControlsHuman-centered robotics company building AI-powered humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics, Bay AreaSunnyvale, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 2, 2026Staff Software Engineer, Humanoid Whole-Body ControlVenture-backed humanoid-robotics company building a general-purpose humanoid for manufacturing and logistics; Texas headquarters with a Bay Area engineering officeSunnyvale, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fitAdded week of Nov 2, 2026Staff Perception Hardware Engineer, Cameras and Sensor IntegrationHumanoid robotics company applying AI to robots for industry, Bay Area; direct hireSunnyvale, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 2, 2026Staff Firmware Engineer, Charger and Power ConversionHumanoid robotics company building home robots, Bay Area; says its robot is shippingSan Carlos, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 2, 2026Senior Motor Control Engineer, Humanoid ActuatorsHumanoid robotics company building home robots, Bay Area; says its robot is shippingSan Carlos, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 2, 2026Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Humanoid ActuatorsHumanoid home-robot company scaling production, Bay AreaSan Carlos, CA (Bay Area) · On-site · Full-timeO-1A fit (senior candidates)Added week of Nov 2, 2026

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