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Robotics Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 43+ robotics jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include Latitude AI, Waabi, and United Launch Alliance.

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9-day fortnights 8
generous PTO 2
unlimited PTO 30
best places to work 3

Updated August 24, 2026

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Software Engineer, Localization

2mo

Waabi · Remote · Canada or USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$141k – $242k

Senior / Staff ML Training Optimization Engineer

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$141k – $249k

Senior / Staff ML Onboard Optimization Engineer

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$141k – $249k

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Senior / Staff Software Engineer- Unified Modeling (Machine Learning)

1mo

Latitude AI · Remote · Palo Alto, CA +3 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$179k – $269k

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (USA)

2mo

DroneDeploy · Remote · USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer, Core Systems

1mo

Panthalassa · Remote · Portland, OR, USA

54 · DecentUnlimited PTO$175k – $230k

Research Scientist, World Models

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$155k – $269k

Research Scientist, Simulation Agents

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $269k

Research Scientist, Learnable Planner

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $269k

Research Scientist

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$158k – $269k

Research Engineer, World Models

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA or Canada

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$155k – $269k

Lead Product Manager, Autonomy

2mo

Waabi · Remote · USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO$165k – $260k

Senior Electromechanical Engineer

The Aerospace Corporation · Hybrid · El Segundo, CA, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$151k – $227k

Associate, Software Engineering

L3Harris Technologies · Hybrid · Salt Lake City, UT, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Principal/Senior Principal Engineer, Packaging (Holly Springs)

Genentech · Onsite · Holly Springs, NC, USA

60 · GoodGenerous PTO$95k – $212k

Maintenance Technician

Merck · Hybrid · Vitré, France

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Embedded Flight Software Engineer

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Centennial, CO, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight$108k – $180k

Applied AI Engineer

CHAOS Industries · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $170k

Applied AI Engineer

CHAOS Industries · Hybrid · San Francisco, CA, USA

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$150k – $170k

Senior Software Engineer - Runtime Infrastructure Frameworks

Latitude AI · Onsite · Dearborn, MI +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO$179k – $269k

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Employers hiring for Robotics on this page include Latitude AI, Waabi, and United Launch Alliance. Robotics roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Robotics is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Robotics roles span the full seniority range — we list 43 open roles requiring Robotics across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Robotics hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Robotics roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Robotics candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Robotics on current listings.

Robotics Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 43+ robotics jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and unlimited PTO—for a better work-life balance. 8 new this week. Hiring companies include Latitude AI, Waabi, and United Launch Alliance.

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