About The RoleAs a Staff Software Engineer on the AI team, you will architect and build production-quality teleoperation systems that enable Digit to execute complex whole-body manipulation tasks in real-world environments. You will work closely with AI, controls, hardware, and operations teams to create a scalable platform for high-quality human demonstration data collection. Your work will directly enable our ability to scale up the world's first production humanoid robot fleet and revolutionize the labor market.
About The Work- Own the end-to-end architecture of the teleoperation system, from operator input through real-time robot execution, ensuring low latency, predictable behavior, and clear system boundaries
- Integrate and optimize real-time control, streaming, and communication paths to meet measurable latency and bandwidth targets
- Design and implement scalable teleoperation interfaces, including VR, motion capture, and other modalities, to enable high-quality manipulation and locomotion demonstrations
- Develop comprehensive validation strategies in simulation and on hardware, including performance benchmarks, fault handling, and regression testing
- Analyze teleoperation and demonstration data to improve operator efficiency, system responsiveness, and task success rates
- Anticipate future robot hardware and sensor changes, and design systems that can adapt to new interfaces and capabilities with minimal architectural disruption
About You- 8+ years of experience in robotics or real-time systems, with a demonstrated track record of delivering reliable, production-quality software
- Deep understanding of real-time control systems, motion retargeting, and rigid body dynamics
- Experience designing low-latency communication and streaming systems for real-time applications
- Strong systems intuition with the ability to trace performance issues across software, networking, and hardware boundaries
- Strong analytical and debugging skills, with a data-driven approach to performance validation and system reliability
- Hands-on experience integrating human input systems such as VR, motion capture, wearable devices, or other operator interfaces
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across AI, controls, hardware, and operations teams
Bonus Qualifications- Experience building applications with real-time rendering or XR frameworks such as Unity, Unreal, Godot, SteamVR, or OpenXR
- Experience with advanced 3D visualization techniques such as neural radiance fields, Gaussian splatting, or other scene reconstruction methods
- Familiarity with large-scale data collection pipelines for learning from demonstration
This a hybrid position based out of one of our Salem, Pittsburgh, or Fremont offices.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This range may change based on geographical location and may be modified in the future.
Anticipated Salary Range
$222,000-$346,000 USD
In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:- 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
- Equity: Company stock options.
- Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
- Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
- Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Time Off:
- Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
- Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
- On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
- Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
- Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
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