Part-Time

Part-time Robotics Assistant

Multiple Teams

Posted on 10/31/2025

Collaborative Robotics

Collaborative Robotics

51-200 employees

Hardware and software for human-robot collaboration

Compensation Overview

$20/hr

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Santa Clara, CA, USA

In Person

Relocation assistance not provided; must reside within commuting distance of Santa Clara, CA.

Category
Mechanical Engineering (3)
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Required Skills
Software Testing
Requirements
  • Must be 18 years of age or older. This is an ideal role for recent STEM university graduates, incoming college freshmen enrolled in a STEM-related degree program, or graduating high school seniors (Class of 2025).
  • Demonstrated interest in robotics and engineering through school, personal projects, clubs (FIRST, VEX, Science Olympiad, etc.), or hobby work.
  • Eagerness to learn, ask questions, and collaborate with others.
  • Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team.
  • Must be able to work part-time five days a week (around 20 hours/week) onsite in Santa Clara, CA.
  • Must have reliable transportation to the Santa Clara, CA office onsite.
  • Must have and maintain US work authorization.
Responsibilities
  • Get hands-on experience helping test and troubleshoot robotic components in our lab.
  • Learn from engineers across software test, mechanical, electrical, and related disciplines.
  • Contribute to data collection and analysis during software and hardware testing.
Desired Qualifications
  • Prior experience in robotics or engineering through school projects, personal builds, or clubs like FIRST, VEX, or Science Olympiad.
  • Software engineering classwork completed.
Collaborative Robotics

Collaborative Robotics

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Collaborative Robotics creates robots that work alongside people by integrating into human environments. Its hardware and software are designed to adapt to different settings in manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare, delivering predictable, trustworthy robot behavior that fits existing operations. The product combines physical robots with software that enables them to understand and respond to real-world workflows, so they can be deployed in diverse applications and deliver measurable ROI. What sets Collaborative Robotics apart is its emphasis on seamless, human-centric integration rather than just automation; its solutions are tailored to work closely with people and current processes. The company aims to make robots natural extensions of human teams, improving efficiency and safety while blending into everyday operations.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$140M

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Secured $100M Series B in April 2024 from General Catalyst.
  • Early customers include Maersk, Mayo Clinic, and Moderna since November 2024.
  • Launched Seattle AI team led by Michael Vogelsong for foundation models.

What critics are saying

  • Figure AI humanoids capture 60% more Maersk pilots by Q1 2026.
  • Amazon poaches talent, undercuts Proxie pricing by 30% in 12 months.
  • OpenAI API obsoletes Proxie models, halts 70% customer commitments.

What makes Collaborative Robotics unique

  • Proxie mobile manipulator excels in warehouse workflows over humanoids.
  • Founded by Brad Porter, ex-Amazon Robotics scaler to 500,000 robots.
  • Focuses on human-like capabilities with predictable, reactive behaviors.

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Remote Work Options

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Headcount

6 month growth

-3%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

7%
PR Newswire
Nov 20th, 2024
Introducing Proxie, Cobot'S Collaborative Robot, Built For The Real World

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Collaborative Robotics (known as Cobot), a leader in practical collaborative robots (cobots), and founded by the team that helped scale Amazon Robotics to over 500,000 robots, today announced the public launch of its robot, Proxie. The first of its kind, highly adaptable, collaborative robot takes on the demanding material handling tasks that keep the world moving. Cobot is incredibly proud to count as some of its first customers industry leaders Maersk, Mayo Clinic, Moderna, Owens Minor, and Tampa General Hospital.Meet Our Cobot: Proxie

The Robot Report
Nov 20th, 2024
Collaborative Robotics Unveils Proxie Mobile Manipulator

Listen to this article. Collaborative Robotics Inc. today unveiled its Proxie mobile manipulator publicly for the first time. The startup has been secretive about the design of the robot since Brad Porter founded the company in 2022. Porter has hinted at the design of the robot by alluding to the importance of a mobile manipulator for applications within the warehouse, with a kinematic better suited for warehouse workflows than a humanoid

The Robot Report
Jun 14th, 2024
Collaborative Robotics Expands With New Seattle Office And Ai Team

Listen to this articleCollaborative Robotics has kept its actual robot out of public view. | Source: Adobe Stock, Photoshopped by The Robot Report. Collaborative Robotics, a developer of cobots for logistics, today announced the establishment of a Foundation Models AI team. Michael Vogelsong, a founder of Amazon’s Deep Learning Tech team, will lead the new team in Seattle. “Our cobots are already doing meaningful work in production on behalf of our customers,” stated Brad Porter, CEO of Collaborative Robotics. “Our investment in building a dedicated foundation models AI team for robotics represents a significant step forward as we continue to increase the collaborative potential of our cobots.”

The Robot Report
May 29th, 2024
Robotics Investments Top $466M In April 2024

Listen to this articleFigure 1: Global Robotics Investment – Trailing 12 Months. Robotics investments reached at least $466 million in April 2024, the result of 36 funding rounds. The April investments figure lagged recent months and was the smallest amount since November 2023. April 2024’s investment total was significantly less than the trailing 12-month average of $1.1 billion (see Figure 1). Providers of collaborative robots scored the two largest rounds. As described in Table 1, Collaborative Robotics’ $100 million Series B round was April’s largest investment

FinSMEs
Apr 10th, 2024
Collaborative Robotics Raises $100M in Series B Funding

Collaborative Robotics, a Santa Clara, CA-based company which specializes in the development of practical collaborative robots (cobots), raised $100M in Series B funding.

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