Head of AI, Autonomous Factory Systems
Makematter
Menlo Park, CA · Posted November 9, 2026
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About the job
Matter is building the world’s first network of autonomous factories. We are moving beyond static, hard-coded automation. We view the factory as a singular, distributed robotic system powered by Physical AI. You will bridge the Sim-to-Real gap in high-throughput environments...