Senior Robotics Engineer (Full-Time)
at Aseon Labs — Robotic pitstops for self-driving cars
What the role involves
Aseon Labs builds robotic pitstops for self-driving cars. A depot in a box for charging, cleaning & inspecting autonomous fleets directly in operating zones.
Autonomous driving is working. The operational layer around it is not. Today, fleets lose significant time and money traveling to centralized depots for charging, cleaning and servicing, creating dead miles, lower uptime and operational bottlenecks that limit fleet scale.
Aseon Pods are modular, rapidly deployable robotic pitstops that keep autonomous fleets operating near demand. By bringing charging, cleaning and inspection directly into operating zones, we help fleet operators increase uptime, reduce operational overhead and scale markets more efficiently without relying on large centralized depots.
We’re second-time founders and mobility infrastructure operators. Previously, we built and scaled Pushme to 5,000 stations across 40 cities before its acquisition by TIER–Dott ($600M raised). Aseon Labs is backed by Y Combinator and headquartered in Redwood City.
We’re looking for a Founding Robotics Engineer to help build and deploy real-world robotic systems from the ground up.
This is not a research role. You’ll work on physical systems that need to operate reliably outdoors, interface with world-class autonomy hardware, deploy in production environments across the world, and support systems that directly impact self-driving cars’ uptime.
What you’ll do
Own robotic manipulation, controls and motion planning across the system
Develop robotic workflows for physically interacting with AVs, including opening doors/panels, charging, vacuuming, surface wipe, item repositioning and more
Architect perception systems used for robot positioning, vehicle localization and task execution
Build reliable robotic behaviors around vehicles operating in dynamic real-world environments
Develop the control layer for robotic arms, tooling systems and autonomous task sequencing
Work across robotics software, hardware integration and system architecture
Evaluate and help define robotics hardware choices including robotic arms, sensors, controllers and perception systems
Work directly with founders to shape the technical direction and architecture of the company
Who you are
Exceptional engineer with deep curiosity for robotics and physical-world systems
Strong fundamentals in robotics, controls, perception, motion planning or adjacent disciplines
Hands-on builder who enjoys moving quickly from concept to working system
Comfortable operating across software, hardware and system-level engineering boundaries
Motivated by difficult real-world problems rather than controlled demonstrations or research prototypes
High ownership, highly execution-oriented and comfortable with ambiguity
Able to reason from first principles and make sound engineering tradeoffs under constraints
Low ego, highly collaborative and driven by building great products with a small team
Role details
Full-time
$170-250k base + 0.25-1% equity depending on experience
HQ in Redwood City, Bay Area
In-person, hands-on engineering role
Why this role
Own core robotics architecture from the earliest stage of the company
Build robotic systems designed to operate autonomously around self-driving vehicles at city scale
Help define how autonomous fleets physically operate and scale over the next decade
Join a small, highly technical team building infrastructure for one of the largest shifts in transportation
About Aseon Labs
Aseon Labs builds robotic pitstops for self-driving cars. Autonomous vehicles can drive themselves, but they still rely on humans and centralized depots for charging, cleaning and servicing multiple times per day. As fleets scale, the operational layer makes up 70% of the cost of the service and is of the largest barrier to uptime, profitability and market expansion. Aseon Pods are robotic micro-depots that can be deployed directly within operating zones, bringing fleet servicing to where demand exists. By eliminating unnecessary depot trips and automating routine operations, Aseon helps autonomous fleet operators increase uptime, reduce reset cost by 50% and unlock scale. Founded by the team behind Pushme, which deployed 5,000 mobility infrastructure locations across 40 cities before its acquisition by TIER-Dott, Aseon is funded and building product in Redwood City for pilot deployment with major autonomous vehicle operators.
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