[Remote] Founding AI & Robotics Engineer (only USA citizens)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Drift is the world's first AI copilot for robotics simulations, aiming to democratize robotics development. They are seeking a Founding AI & Robotics Engineer to work directly with the founders to architect and build core intelligence for the company, focusing on AI systems and robotics simulation. Responsibilities • Designing and improving the agentic capabilities of Drift from planning and tool use to error correction and self-improvement • Building context systems that pull relevant information from documentation, codebases, and past interactions using RAG and embedding-based retrieval • Developing deep integrations between our copilot and the ROS/ROS2 ecosystem, including workspace setup, launch files, URDF configuration, and world generation • Creating validation frameworks to ensure AI-generated simulation scripts, configurations, and workspaces are correct and robust across Gazebo Classic, Ignition, and Harmonic • Building internal tooling for debugging agent behavior, measuring improvements, and benchmarking simulation output quality • Designing feedback loops that help the agent improve over time • Working directly with robotics developers to understand their pain points and translate them into product direction Skills • 2+ years of engineering experience across software, AI, and robotics systems • Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Python • Experience building LLM-based applications agents, copilots, or similar systems • Deep familiarity with prompt engineering, RAG, and context management • Hands-on experience with ROS/ROS2 and Gazebo you've debugged launch files, tf trees, and URDF spawning issues • Understanding of the relationship between ROS nodes, topics, services, and simulated robots • Comfort across Gazebo Classic and newer Ignition/Harmonic architectures • Systems thinking you can design how pieces fit together, not just implement them • Comfort with ambiguity and ownership; you'll be defining the roadmap alongside us • Experience with developer tools, CLI applications, or IDE extensions • Familiarity with evaluation and benchmarking for AI systems • Experience with multi-robot simulation setups or complex world generation Company Overview • The most advanced robotics development platform. Drift is your AI copilot for robotics sims. Check out www.godrift.ai It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is