Robotics Engineer, Developer Relations (San Francisco)

Robotics will have a massive positive impact on the world economy and global human productivity over the coming decade. At Foxglove, we're excited for this future, and we're building powerful open source and commercial tools to accelerate it.

We're an experienced team of independent thinkers, with a passion for creating high quality products. We're looking for self-motivated and fast-learning individuals to join our mission.

About the role

Were searching for a productminded, community and customerfacingRobotics Engineer with ML experience to spearhead Developer Relations at Foxglove. Youll craft interesting technical demos, create video and blog content, guide potential new customers through trials and integrations, attend and speak at global robotics conferences, and up-skill entire teams via workshops and trainings. Think of yourself as the missing link between robotics tech and the developers who need it.

Key Responsibilities

Technical demos: Craft compelling technical demos that showcase Foxgloves ML + robotics workflows

Sales engineering:Partner with our sales team to answer technical questions and support trials

Onboarding: Own the developer journey from first signal data to aha! moment, driving adoption metrics

Content engine: Produce blog posts, sample repos, tutorial videos, and reference integrations

Conference presence: Speak at robotics & ML events; network with the community to amplify Foxgloves voice.

Handson training: Host virtual and onsite workshops, bootcamps, and customer seminars

Feedback loop: Channel insights to our product engineering team to improve the Foxglove platform

Location

Were a small global company with team members primarily in the U.S. and Australia. We maintain Pacific Time hours and hire within 4 hours of U.S. time zones to ensure effective collaboration.

For this role, we ideally looking for someone to work onsite from our office in San Francisco, since there will be significant robot hardware interactions.

What we're looking for

5+ years building ML or robotics in Python or C++

Experience with ROS or similar robotics frameworks

Track record of public speaking, technical blog posts, or OSS contributions

Strong grasp of data pipelines, model training/evaluation, and robotics visualization

Excellent written & verbal communications; able to translate complex concepts into devfriendly stories

Willingness to travel domestically & internationally up to 25% for conferences and customer visits

Experience with realtime telemetry, lakehouse formats (Iceberg/Delta), or GPU orchestration (k8s+NVIDIA)

Contributions to robotics or ML opensource projects

What we offer

Competitive equity grant in a Series A company

Medical insurance coverage at 90% for employees and 75% for dependents (for US full-time employees only)

401k matching (US full time employees only)

4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break

All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year