--- title: 'ML Infrastructure Engineer, Training at Dyna Robotics' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/ml-infrastructure-engineer-training-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-9j9rn53pdv2k' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # ML Infrastructure Engineer, Training at Dyna Robotics - **Company:** Dyna Robotics - **Location:** Redwood City, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-03-31 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/dyna-robotics/ec8f09de-ee26-4117-9b41-d317b074c2dc ## Job description Dyna Robotics builds general-purpose robots powered by a proprietary embodied AI foundation model with top-in-industry generalization and real-world performance. Already deployed with customers across multiple industries, our robots do commercial-grade work in the physical world. Our team comes from Google DeepMind, Meta, and Cruise, and we're backed by CRV, First Round, and other leading investors. ## THE ROLE As a ML Training Infrastructure Engineer, you will architect and build the systems that turn our multi-cloud GPU fleet into a training engine our researchers love. Your charter is singular and broad: own training infrastructure end-to-end so that every GPU is busy, every run is reproducible, and every researcher's next experiment is one command away. ## WHAT YOU’LL DO - Scale Distributed Training: Architect and own the infrastructure for large-scale GPU clusters. You’ll implement sharding, activation checkpointing, and memory optimization (ZeRO, FSDP) to enable the training of massive multimodal models. - Optimize Researcher Ergonomics: Build a research codebase and job scheduling system (Kubernetes/SLURM) that prioritizes fast iteration, automated retries, and seamless failure recovery. - High-Performance Data Handling: Design high-throughput pipelines to ingest and transform terabytes of multimodal robot data (video, proprioception, 3D signals), ensuring dataloaders never starve the GPUs. - Production Inference: Build low-latency inference pipelines for real-time robot control. You’ll apply quantization, distillation, and model compilation (TensorRT, Triton) to move models from the lab to the physical world. - Deep Systems Profiling: Dive into the weeds of GPU utilization, I/O bottlenecks, and memory fragmentation to squeeze every bit of performance out of our expanding compute fleet. ## WHAT YOU’LL BRING - 7+ Years of Engineering: With a track record of leading technical projects in high-performance computing (HPC) or ML infrastructure. - ML Systems Mastery: Deep experience with PyTorch and distributed training frameworks (DeepSpeed, Accelerate). You understand the nuances of mixed precision and gradient accumulation. - Infrastructure Expertise: Hands-on experience managing cloud GPU environments (GCP/AWS) and container orchestration (Kubernetes). - Low-Level Intuition: A fundamental understanding of distributed systems, including race conditions, memory management, and NCCL/inter-node communication. - Ownership Mindset: You don't just "deploy" code; you design, build, and operate systems end-to-end to unblock fast-moving research. ## BONUS POINTS FOR - Experience with Robotics Data Formats (MCAP, Protobuf) or multimodal models (VLAs). - Deep ML systems experience: custom kernels (Triton), compilers, or runtime optimization. - Experience as a founding or early-stage infrastructure hire. At Dyna Robotics, we build technology for the real world, which requires a team as diverse as the environments our robots inhabit. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to technical rigor and mutual respect. Don’t let a checklist stop you. Data shows that underrepresented groups often only apply if they meet 100% of the criteria. We value problem-solving and grit over keyword matching. If you’re passionate about robotics, no matter your discipline, we want to hear from you, even if you don't check every box. ## About Dyna Robotics ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Dyna Robotics builds general-purpose commercial robots powered by proprietary embodied AI foundation models that achieve human-level dexterity and self-improvement across diverse real-world environments. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, United States - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Lindon Gao (CEO), York Yang (Co‑founder), Jason Ma (Co‑founder / former DeepMind research scientist) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Robotics / Artificial Intelligence (embodied AI foundation models) - **Target customers**: B2B – enterprises in manufacturing, logistics, laundry, food service, hospitality, and other industries requiring repetitive manipulation tasks - **Mission statement**: “To empower businesses by automating repetitive, stationary tasks with affordable, intelligent robotic arms. Driving the future of general‑purpose robotics—one manipulation skill at a time.” [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/dyna-robotics) ## Products & Services - **DYNA‑1 Foundation Model** – A single‑weight, general‑purpose vision‑language‑action (VLA) model that achieves 99%+ success rates in 24‑hour non‑stop operation. It generalizes zero‑shot to unseen environments and learns new skills within hours. [dyna.co](https://www.dyna.co/) - **DYNA‑1i: Open‑World Dexterity** – Production‑grade manipulation system with real‑time self‑correction and human‑level dexterity at commercial throughput. [dyna.co](https://www.dyna.co/) - **Factory Automation** – 24/7 autonomous operation for precision manufacturing, kitting, assembly, pick‑and‑place, quality inspection, and packaging. - **Laundry & Garment** – Automated folding and garment handling (e.g., DYNA‑1 folds 40+ shirts per hour). - **Food & Hospitality** – Food service automation including napkin folding, plating, and delicate manipulation tasks. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - **Total Funding**: $143.5 M (Seed $23.5 M in March 2025; Series A $120 M in September 2025) [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dyna-robotics-raises-120-million-to-advance-robotic-foundation-models-on-the-path-to-physical-artificial-general-intelligence-302556817.html) - **Employees**: 98 (as of mid‑2025), +213.9% YoY headcount growth [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dyna-robotics) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: CRV, RoboStrategy, First Round Capital, Salesforce Ventures, NVentures (NVIDIA), Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Samsung Next, LG Technology Ventures. - **Growth Signals**: - Robots already deployed 16 hours/day at hotels, restaurants, laundromats, and gyms within six months of launch. - Strong talent influx from Tesla (14 employees), Cruise, Meta, Nuro, Amazon Lab126. - LinkedIn follower growth +404.3% year‑over‑year. ## Competitive Advantages - **First general‑purpose foundation model for robotics** that works out‑of‑the‑box in new environments without custom engineering. - **99%+ success rate** in continuous 24‑hour operation and ability to self‑improve through on‑the‑job data. - **Rapid learning**: new skills acquired in hours, not weeks, with fleet‑wide updates. - **Founding team** with proven exit (Caper AI sold for $350 M) and deep research pedigree (DeepMind). ## Strategic Focus - Expand world‑class research and engineering team. - Accelerate development of next‑generation foundation model. - Scale commercial deployments across manufacturing, hospitality, and service industries. - Collect high‑quality data from real‑world customers to continuously improve model generalization. ## Why Work Here - **In‑office culture** – All employees work from physical offices in Redwood City, CA (with small satellite presence in China, Canada, Hong Kong). Strong in‑person collaboration is emphasized. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/dyna-robotics) - **Engineering‑heavy environment** – 27% of staff in technical roles, 9% in research, and 5% consulting. Recent open roles include Deployment Engineer, Research Engineer/Scientist, Full‑Stack Robotics Software Engineer, and Data Infra Engineer. - **High growth trajectory** – Headcount nearly tripled in a year, with aggressive hiring across operations, research, and product. - **Impactful mission** – Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge embodied AI that directly automates physical tasks, with a path toward physical AGI. - **Competitive compensation & perks** (inferred from top VC backing and talent drawn from Big Tech). ## Sources 1. [dyna.co](https://www.dyna.co/) – Official website 2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/dyna-robotics) – Company overview, jobs, culture 3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dyna-robotics) – Company details, funding, employee growth 4. [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dyna-robotics-raises-120-million-to-advance-robotic-foundation-models-on-the-path-to-physical-artificial-general-intelligence-302556817.html) – Series A announcement ## Other roles at Dyna Robotics - [HR Business Partner](https://feeny.ai/job/hr-business-partner-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-xbs5vdzs7xqs) — Redwood City, CA - [Exceptional Software Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/exceptional-software-engineer-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-5emz05d1phvm) — Redwood City, CA - [Video Producer & Editor](https://feeny.ai/job/video-producer-editor-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-88azpea4dg8x) — Redwood City, CA - [Product Manager, Data Engine](https://feeny.ai/job/product-manager-data-engine-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-k3w3we7tktyy) — Redwood City, CA - [Robotics Hardware Reliability Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/robotics-hardware-reliability-engineer-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-ca3qm930xv29) — Redwood City, CA - [Annotation Operations Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/annotation-operations-manager-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-edm60c94sdh0) — Redwood City, CA - [Research Engineer/Scientist, Simulation](https://feeny.ai/job/research-engineer-scientist-simulation-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-kbtftjmb38vj) — Redwood City, CA - [Applied Researcher - Deployment Intelligence & Continuous Learning](https://feeny.ai/job/applied-researcher-deployment-intelligence-continuous-learning-dyna-robotics-2vv1eskyg11k) — Redwood City, CA - [Robot Safety Operator - Walnut Creek, CA](https://feeny.ai/job/robot-safety-operator-walnut-creek-ca-dyna-robotics-customer-site-k214rxsy0czt) — Customer Site - [Operations Recruiter](https://feeny.ai/job/operations-recruiter-dyna-robotics-redwood-city-ygjfchdarmwj) — Redwood City, CA