Robotics Engineer

Anthrogen is a Biotechnology Research firm using bacteria and enzymes for reducing carbon in the air by transforming it into chemicals.

Location: San Francisco, CA
Company size: 5–10
Posted: 4w ago
Via: Yc

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Job listing · Updated 21 AUG 2026

Robotics Engineer

Anthrogen· San Francisco, CA, USView company profile

Job title: Robotics Engineer
Job location: San Francisco, CA, US
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/anthrogen/jobs/M5BjQOQ-robotics-engineer
Job description: ## Robotics Engineer — Early Team (SF) We’re a seed-stage team in San Francisco building robotic systems to automate real-world lab workflows. Most lab processes today are still manual, slow, and error-prone. Our goal is to build a fully autonomous, “black-box” lab — systems that can take in high-level inputs and run physical workflows end-to-end without human intervention. We’re not there yet. The system is still evolving, and a big part of this role is figuring out what actually works and making it reliable. --- ### What you’ll do * Design and build mechanical and electromechanical subsystems * Write the code that actually runs the system (control logic, sequencing, hardware interfaces) * Bring up new hardware and get it working end-to-end * Debug failures across the full system — mechanical, electrical, and software * Iterate until systems are stable and repeatable, not just working once --- ### Required * You’ve built and delivered at least one complex physical system with real ownership * You’re comfortable writing code that interfaces directly with hardware * Strong ability in at least one area: * Mechanical design * Controls * Embedded / systems programming * Experience working with motors, sensors, and power in a real system * Good at solving unexpected problems --- ### Preferred * Experience building systems that had to run reliably over time, not just demos * Experience integrating multiple subsystems into a working system * Prior startup, lab, or independent build experience --- ### What this role requires * Ownership — you will be responsible for real parts of the system * Comfort with ambiguity — we are still figuring things out * Speed — we build and iterate quickly --- ### Details * San Francisco (in-person) * Compensation: $140k–$220k + equity

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