[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 It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is