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About Deplace AI
Deplace AI is the deployment layer for Physical AI. We evaluate cutting-edge physical AI models from leading research labs and robotics companies on clients’ real-world tasks, and collect targeted data to enable rapid model improvement and iteration. We are a VC-funded, well-capitalized startup working at the intersection of Physical AI research and real-world robotics deployment.
We are looking for a Founding Engineer to help build our evaluation and data collection platform, working closely with our CTO and the core technical team. This is a hands-on role with significant ownership, where you will help define both the technical foundations and the product direction of the company.
* Building and operating our data flywheel, from data collection to evaluation and feedback
* Contributing to our core AI and robotics software stack
* Designing and implementing evaluation frameworks for Physical AI models in both real-world and simulation settings
* Setting up simulation environments based on client tasks, objects, constraints, and performance requirements
* Supporting real-world deployments, including teleoperation and human-in-the-loop data collection and evaluations
* Participate in robotics & AI events to showcase the platform (RSS 2025, etc)
* Expand offerings with additional solutions (synthetic data, human-in-the-loop, frontier data, etc)
* Master’s degree (completed or in progress) in Computer Science, Data Science, Robotics, or a related field
* Strong empirical research skills and solid technical intuition
* Good understanding of machine learning and robotics fundamentals, including VLAs, robotic simulation, robot teleoperation, evaluation methods, and data for Physical AI
* Entrepreneurial builder mindset, comfortable operating in uncharted territory and turning ambiguous problems into working systems
* Availability of 40h a week or more
* And finally, an incredible passion for robotics & AI and the desire to change the world with it
* Contributions to robot learning or robotics research
* Experience training or working with large-scale foundation models
* Software engineering background
* Internship or research experience in robotics and/or AI at a top organization (DeepMind, Nvidia, Dolby, Open AI, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Google, Skild AI, Figure, Field AI, Scale, etc)
* Competitive base salary with meaningful equity participation
* Direct collaboration with the founding team from day one
* High impact role with real ownership over technical and product decisions
* Opportunity to help shape a company at the core of the Physical AI ecosystem
*Position available in the United States & Europe (Paris, France)