Helix AI Engineer, Android

About this role

Figure, an AI robotics company, seeks a Senior Android Engineer to develop the mobile interface for its humanoid robots. You'll build low-level Android systems that ingest real-time sensor data, manage hardware communication via USB, and run on-device AI inference—requiring deep NDK expertise and experience with latency-critical systems.

What you'll do

• Own the Android application interfacing with humanoid robots via USB Host and Android Open Accessory protocols
• Design zero-drop, high-throughput data pipelines for camera and IMU sensors using zero-copy memory techniques
• Implement custom HALs and leverage NDK (C/C++) for high-performance, low-latency processing
• Optimize CPU/GPU workloads under thermal and battery constraints using foreground services and WorkManager
• Integrate on-device AI inference libraries (TFLite, MediaPipe, ONNX Runtime, OpenCV) for computer vision and sensor fusion
• Implement low-latency video streaming protocols such as WebRTC

What they're looking for

• Android NDK (C/C++) and custom HAL development
• USB Host/AOA protocol communication and hardware interfacing
• Real-time, zero-copy data pipeline architecture
• Kotlin/Java for Android
• CPU/GPU optimization and thermal/battery management
• On-device ML/CV inference integration
• Production Android app shipping and maintenance at scale
• WebRTC or low-latency streaming protocols

Benefits

• Competitive base salary range: $150,000–$400,000 annually
• Additional compensation components and benefits (details upon offer)
• 5 days/week in-office collaboration in San Jose, CA
• Work on cutting-edge humanoid robotics technology