Full-Time

Welding Engineer

Persona AI

Persona AI

51-200 employees

Humanoid robotic labor platform for industry

No salary listed

Houston, TX, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
Manufacturing & Process Engineering

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Requirements
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in a welding operations role in heavy equipment manufacturing.
  • Hands-on experience with metal inert gas welding, gas metal arc welding, and flux-cored arc welding processes across a range of materials and welding positions.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced engineering environment with substantial autonomy.
  • Ability to create documentation, welding processes, and reports to support certification and qualification.
  • Ability to work with ambiguity and first-of-kind applications, including building processes from scratch rather than maintaining established ones.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and refine motion paths for the welding humanoid robot.
  • Optimize weld parameters, including voltage, amperage, and shielding gas, to minimize thermal distortion and maximize penetration.
  • Collaborate with governing bodies to develop standards and certification processes for the humanoid robot.
  • Identify required sensors and tooling for performing welding tasks.
  • Translate welding domain knowledge into requirements for perception, manipulation, and controls teams.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong working knowledge of industry welding codes, standards, and documentation required for certification and qualification.
  • Experience designing and implementing robotic welding algorithms such as touch sensing, through-the-arc seam tracking, and laser seam tracking.
  • Experience with verification testing of weld path accuracy and repeatability.
  • Operational experience in robotic welding or demanding industrial environments.
  • Project management experience.

Persona AI develops humanoid robots and a labor platform to perform physically demanding tasks in industries like shipbuilding, construction, and energy infrastructure. These robots work alongside human employees to handle specialized jobs such as welding, allowing industrial sites to maintain continuous, 24/7 operations. Unlike many competitors, the company uses a "Constructor Program" that allows governments and large corporations to help co-architect the robots to meet their specific operational needs. The company's goal is to solve global labor shortages by providing a scalable robotic workforce for the world's most difficult industrial environments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$27M

Headquarters

Houston, Texas

Founded

2024

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What believers are saying

  • Brian Davis joined March 30, 2026 to scale manufacturing from prototype to volume.
  • Michael Perry joined March 10, 2026, accelerating commercialization and early-adopter sales.
  • POSCO's February 2026 investment and POC expand Persona AI's industrial validation pipeline.

What critics are saying

  • HD Hyundai deployment starts in 2027; 2026 remains prototype-stage, not revenue stage.
  • Humanoid welding in shipyards still needs supervised data collection; autonomy remains unproven.
  • Any slip in prototype quality lets Hyundai or POSCO pause purchases and internalize development.

What makes Persona AI unique

  • Nic Radford and Jerry Pratt bring NASA Valkyrie and Figure AI humanoid pedigrees.
  • HD Hyundai, POSCO, ABS, and Louisiana validate Persona AI across shipyards and steelmills.
  • RaaS and Constructor Program target customized industrial deployment, not consumer humanoid gimmicks.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

401(k) Retirement Plan

Wellness Program

Gym Membership

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

3%
Associated Press
Mar 30th, 2026
Persona AI hires ex-Amazon Robotics exec to scale humanoid robot manufacturing

Persona AI, a Houston-based humanoid robotics company, has appointed Brian Davis as Head of Global Manufacturing to scale commercial production for industrial applications. Davis brings over 30 years of operations experience, including roles at Amazon Robotics and Dell Technologies, where he oversaw 25-fold increases in manufacturing volumes within four years. The appointment comes as Persona prepares to fulfil growing demand following agreements with HD Hyundai and POSCO Group for deployment in shipyards and steel manufacturing, plus a pilot programme with Louisiana. Founded in 2024, Persona AI develops humanoid robots for high-risk industrial tasks including welding, fabrication and heavy maintenance. Davis will oversee manufacturing infrastructure, supply chain management and quality control as the company transitions from prototype to volume production.

eDaily
Dec 23rd, 2025
Posco Group invests $3M in Persona AI to deploy humanoid robots in heavy industry

Posco Group is expanding its adoption of physical AI and humanoid robots across industrial sites. Posco DX has invested $2 million in US-based industrial humanoid robotics company Persona AI, with plans for joint robot development and field applications. The investment was made through Posco DX's corporate venture capital fund, established in the second half of this year with Posco Technology Investment. An additional $1 million was invested through Posco CVC Scale-up Fund No. 1, bringing the total group investment to $3 million. Founded in June last year, Persona AI develops humanoid robots specialised for heavy industry environments with high labour intensity. The company was co-founded by Nicholas Radford, a former NASA roboticist serving as CEO, and Jerry Pratt, former CTO of Figure AI, as CTO.

gCaptain
Sep 23rd, 2025
ABS and Persona AI Team Up to Bring Humanoid Robots to Shipyards

International classification society ABS and Persona AI have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop inspection technologies for humanoid robot platforms aimed at enhancing productivity and safety in shipyards.

American College of Radiology
Aug 27th, 2025
HD Hyundai Robotics to raise $144.3 mn to bolster AI-powered robots

It has agreed with Persona AI and Vazil Company to jointly develop humanoid robots designed for shipyard welding tasks, with commercial deployment planned for 2027.

Leads on Trees
May 14th, 2025
Persona AI Inc Secures $27M Pre-Seed Funding

Persona AI Inc has secured $27 million in pre-seed funding to innovate tech evaluations with a new Zoom app. The company may be interested in solutions related to applicant tracking systems, recruitment platforms, assessment tools, HR analytics, and video interviewing services.