Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 02, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.

Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. We are looking for an Operator Interface Engineer to empower Figure humanoid robots to remotely interact with human operators through various interfaces.

Responsibilities:

Design, implement, test, and deploy operator interfaces for humanoid robots. These interfaces will include both 3D virtual reality interfaces and 2D traditional GUI keyboard/mouse interfaces
Develop an immersive avatar operator interface, in which the human operator feels as if they are the actual robot
Integrate various sensing, perception, and autonomy modules in the operator interfaces, allowing operators to operate in a higher-level supervisory role
Develop mission-level operator interfaces for interacting with nominally fully-autonomous robots, which will occasionally require human intervention in challenging situations
Develop and use modern software engineering techniques to implement high quality, well-tested software
Evaluate potential operator interface solutions and make design trade offs and decisions based on robot requirements
Engineer and ship high quality, reliable software that will be deployed to the real world
Work with the Figure Integration and Testing team to evaluate and continuously improve your operator interfaces

Requirements:

Experience implementing, testing, and deploying operator interfaces on real robots
Experience with various virtual reality and GUI frameworks
Capable of quickly writing massive amounts of high quality, well-tested, operator interface software
Possess both a theoretical understanding and have practical experience with operator interfaces
Have a deep knowledge of state of the art techniques, data structures, and software tools
Thrive in a high pace environment, where solutions are often unclear and require exploration

Bonus Qualifications:

Passionate about building humanoid robots
Experience with deploying real world operator interfaces for commercial applications
Publication record of developing and deploying operator interfaces

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $140,000 - $400,000 annually.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.