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Menlo Research · Singapore · Palo Alto

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own a real project end to end from definition through testing and documentation.
  • Ship production-grade work across Menlo's open-source AI systems and runtime.
  • Work on developer tooling, model runtime, performance and reliability.

What they offer

  • Paid fellowship, 3 months minimum, running year-round
  • Direct mentorship from a Menlo engineer or researcher
  • Ownership of production work that ships, not busywork

Ideal candidate

High-slope builder — student or mid-career switcher — who loves tinkering with physical AI, owns problems independently, and wants hands-on mentorship while shipping real work that matters.

Requirements

  • Ability to read unfamiliar codebases and make safe, well-scoped changes
  • Practical debugging skills to isolate problems and validate fixes
  • Grasp of engineering basics including testing, version control and review
  • High ownership mindset with ability to work independently in fast feedback loops
  • Interest in physical AI and robotics as student or mid-career builder
remote policy
onsite
visa sponsorship
No visa sponsorship; existing work authorization required
hiring process
Rigorous interview process with matching to a senior researcher or engineer mentor

Lab profile

About Menlo Research

Applied R&D lab building open-source humanoid robots and AI assistants to make humanoid labor economically viable.

What they build

  • Asimov open-source humanoid robot platform
  • Jan open-source AI assistant

Known for

  • Humanoid robotics
  • Locomotion
  • Autonomy
  • Simulation
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