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# Forward Deployed AI Engineer at Locus Robotics

- **Company:** Locus Robotics
- **Location:** Wilmington, MA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/locusrobotics/jobs/5268347007

## Job description

At Locus Robotics, we build AI-powered systems and intelligent robots that keep global supply chains running. Our platform combines advanced AI, real-time decision-making, and autonomous robotics to help leading companies improve efficiency, scale operations, and adapt to constant change.

Locus Robotics is a place to do meaningful work with real-world impact, where your ideas move quickly from concept to deployment. We invest in our people, encourage continuous learning, and give you the opportunity to grow your career while building technology that is used every day at global scale.

What if you could help shape how AI changes the way work gets done across Locus?

As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you’ll partner directly with teams across Locus Robotics organization to identify where AI can eliminate manual work, simplify complex processes, and make employees more productive. You’ll turn real business challenges into AI agents, intelligent applications, and automated workflows that employees use every day.

You’ll work side-by-side with internal stakeholders to understand how they work today, uncover opportunities to do things better, and rapidly build and deploy solutions that connect with our enterprise systems. And when something works, you’ll help turn it into a reusable approach that can benefit teams across the company.

This is a hands-on enterprise AI development role focused on internal business transformation, not Locus product development or AI model research. We’re looking for a strong software builder who enjoys solving real-world business problems, working directly with users, and taking ideas from concept to production. You’ll also help ensure the AI solutions we build are secure, reliable, measurable, and designed for responsible enterprise use.

- Work Authorization: Open to candidates who are eligible to work in the United States or with active H-1B status requiring a change-of-employer transfer. Locus does not sponsor new initial H-1B lottery filings.
- Location: Role is based at Locus Robotics Headquarters in Wilmington MA USA with a 3 day onsite requirement.  Relocation is not available.  Only considering local candidates.

## Responsibilities

- Work directly with teams across Locus to understand how work gets done today, identify high-value opportunities for AI, and determine where AI can meaningfully improve the workflow, transforming manual and complex processes into smarter, faster, and more efficient ways of working.
- Translate loosely defined business challenges into practical AI solutions, moving quickly from concept and prototype to secure, production-ready tools and workflows.
- Design, build, and deploy AI agents, assistants, and automated workflows using large language models, retrieval, tool integrations, structured outputs, and appropriate human oversight.
- Build secure, reliable integrations that connect AI solutions with enterprise systems and data using APIs, connectors, MCP, and other appropriate integration methods.
- Build retrieval and grounding capabilities that enable AI solutions to securely access and use structured and unstructured enterprise data, leveraging ingestion, metadata, embeddings, search, and reranking techniques as appropriate.
- Ensure AI solutions are secure, reliable, and enterprise-ready by incorporating authentication, authorization, audit logging, observability, cost controls, and human-in-the-loop safeguards in partnership with IT, Security, and governance teams.
- Take solutions beyond the prototype by building automated evaluations and regression testing, supporting deployment and monitoring, and continuously improving performance, reliability, cost, and user outcomes.
- Measure the impact of AI solutions through business outcomes such as reduced cycle time, hours saved, improved quality, increased capacity, and better customer outcomes.
- Turn successful implementations into reusable components, templates, reference architectures, and documented patterns that accelerate AI adoption across Locus Robotics.
- Stay current with emerging AI models, agent frameworks, integration standards, and enterprise AI practices, while sharing knowledge and helping teams successfully adopt approved AI capabilities.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical discipline.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building, deploying, and supporting production applications.
- Strong proficiency in Python, with a track record of building APIs, integrations and automation that connect applications with enterprise systems and data.
- Hands-on expertise with large language models, commercial or open model APIs, and the development of AI agents and agentic workflows.
- Proven ability to build and deploy enterprise AI agents or agentic workflows using platforms such as Glean, Claude, or comparable enterprise AI, agent and orchestration platforms
- Ability to partner directly with business stakeholders, translate ambiguous needs into practical technical solutions, and iterate quickly based on user feedback.
- Working knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), including embeddings, semantic or hybrid search, prompt and context engineering, and structured model outputs.
- Demonstrated success integrating enterprise platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Slack, Jira, Confluence, ERP systems, and modern data platforms.
- Strong understanding of enterprise application security, including authentication, authorization, OAuth/OIDC, role-based access controls, and permission-aware data access.
- Familiarity with MCP or similar standards for securely connecting AI models and agents with enterprise tools, systems, and data.
- Knowledge of vector databases, enterprise search, and knowledge retrieval systems.
- Proficiency with modern software engineering practices, including automated testing, version control, CI/CD, application observability, and production support.
- Demonstrated ownership and sound judgment, with the ability to work effectively across teams and organizational boundaries.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The expected base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 annually, based on external market data, plus bonus and equity.  Actual offers will depend on factors such as the candidate’s experience, education, training, key or critical skills, geographic location, and current market and business conditions Additional Information

Locus Robotics is an equal opportunity employer.

Application Fraud Detection Notice: To help maintain a fair and secure hiring process, Locus Robotics may use AI-assisted and other automated tools to detect suspected fraud, misrepresentation, or misuse of the application process. Hiring decisions are not made solely by automated means unless otherwise disclosed where required by law.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

## About Locus Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Locus Robotics provides a complete, end-to-end warehouse automation system using autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and a Physical AI orchestration layer (LocusONE) to help warehouses and 3PLs fulfill orders more efficiently.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Growth-stage)
- **Headquarters**: Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Bruce Welty, Mike Johnson, and Sean Moran

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Warehouse Automation, Robotics, Logistics Technology
- **Target Customers**: B2B — global 3PLs, enterprise retailers, healthcare distributors, and e-commerce fulfillment centers
- **Mission/Purpose**: To empower warehouse workers and optimize fulfillment through collaborative, intelligent robotics that adapts to real-world variability.

## Products & Services
- **LocusONE™**: The intelligence layer (Physical AI) that coordinates work across people, autonomous robots, and workflows in real time. It rebalances priorities, labor, and throughput as conditions change.
- **Locus Array**: A fully autonomous, high-density Robots-to-Goods (R2G) system for picking, putaway, induction, drop-off, slotting, and replenishment. Can reduce picking and putaway labor by 90%+.
- **Locus Origin & Locus Vector**: Collaborative AMRs that work alongside associates to support picking, transport, and fulfillment workflows.
- **Adaptive Point-to-Point Transport**: Flexible movement of goods without fixed paths or permanent infrastructure.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Total Funding**: Over $500 million raised (latest round: Series F in 2022 at a $2 billion valuation). Exact current valuation is not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Over 500+ facilities deployed globally (as of 2025).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Citi Ventures, Goldman Sachs, G2 Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, and others. Key customers include DHL, GEODIS, and other major 3PLs.
- **Growth Signals**: Sustained high growth in e-commerce fulfillment; expansion into healthcare and retail verticals; global presence across US, EMEA, and APAC; continuous product innovation with Locus Array and LocusONE.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Physical AI Orchestration**: LocusONE dynamically coordinates humans and robots, adapting to real-time changes in demand, labor, and inventory — unlike rigid fixed automation.
- **Collaborative, Not Replacement**: Robots work safely alongside people, enhancing productivity without requiring facility reconfiguration or grid-based layouts.
- **Proven at Scale**: Hundreds of facilities worldwide, trusted by top 3PLs and retailers.
- **Deep Warehouse Heritage**: Founders were among the first to integrate robotics into warehouse operations, giving them deep domain expertise.

## Strategic Focus
- **Automation Phasing**: Enabling warehouses to automate in phases — starting with collaborative AMRs and scaling to fully autonomous systems like Locus Array — without locking into a single path.
- **Physical AI Leadership**: Continuing to invest in AI, computer vision, and real-time orchestration to handle increasing complexity and volume.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing presence in EMEA and APAC to serve multinational customers.
- **New Verticals**: Expanding beyond core e-commerce into healthcare, retail, and multi-level/mezzanine fulfillment.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “Work hard and have fun” — a collaborative, inclusive, and dynamic environment. Core values include acting decisively, operating with trust and integrity, delivering results, being inclusive, and innovating.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Offers flexible work arrangements; global offices in Wilmington, MA (HQ) and Amsterdam (European HQ). Many roles are remote or hybrid.
- **Notable Perks**: Strong global team spirit, collaborative leadership, opportunity to work with cutting-edge robotics and AI, career growth opportunities, and a focus on positive impact for customers and communities.
- **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on innovation, AI, big data, and robotics. Internships and PhD research roles available (e.g., AI & Computer Vision). Engineers work on real-world problems at scale.

## Sources
1. [locusrobotics.com](https://locusrobotics.com/)
2. [locusrobotics.com/company](https://locusrobotics.com/company)
3. [locusrobotics.com/company/careers](https://locusrobotics.com/company/careers)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/locusrobotics](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/locusrobotics)
5. [locusrobotics.com/company/leadership](https://locusrobotics.com/company/leadership)

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