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Re: What's your honest take on remote work options in hardware-heavy robotics roles?
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2026 3:04 pm
by lbianchi
+1 to this. Worth adding:
Robotics engineers in the US were reportedly seeing $150k-$205k total comp at mid-level and $205k-$300k at senior level in 2026, with humanoid- and foundation-model-specialist roles clearing $280k-$475k - a meaningful premium over general robotics/automation roles.
Re: What's your honest take on remote work options in hardware-heavy robotics roles?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2026 9:58 pm
by sarah.santos3
@lbianchi Yeah, this tracks with what I've read as well.
Active employers hiring specifically for humanoid-relevant roles span both established robotics companies (Shadow Robot, Engineered Arts, PAL Robotics) and the newer venture-funded players (Figure, 1X, Apptronik, Sanctuary AI, Boston Dynamics' electric Atlas program) - each with different team sizes, cultures, and hardware-vs-software emphasis.
Re: What's your honest take on remote work options in hardware-heavy robotics roles?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2026 12:04 am
by sarahbernard
@sarah.santos3 Ran into exactly this myself.
How much ML background a controls role actually requires varies a lot by company and team - some whole-body control positions remain heavily classical-optimization-focused, while others increasingly expect familiarity with reinforcement learning or imitation learning even for what used to be a purely classical-controls job.
Anyway, good thread - following for more.