As of November 14, 2026, Level lists 851 live jobs with "robot" in the title. Of those, 165 are Builds AI (Level 4) roles. OpenAI disbanded its stand-alone robotics team this week. Here is who is hiring for robotics, at which level, and for what pay.
What happened
On November 13, Fortune reported that OpenAI has disbanded its stand-alone robotics team. The company confirmed the change when Fortune asked about it.
According to Fortune, the robotics researchers moved to OpenAI's main research team under Chief Research Officer Mark Chen. The applied robotics and hardware teams moved to the Applied organization, which reports to President Greg Brockman.
An OpenAI spokesperson told Fortune that robotics remains a core part of the company's long-term vision. Fortune also reported that OpenAI is developing its own humanoid robot, with Sam Altman targeting a first public demonstration in 2027.
The bet, as Fortune describes it, is that general models built for language, code and vision can also control robots. Fortune describes the change as a reorganization, not an exit from robotics. For a candidate, the useful question is where robotics roles are open today.
Is OpenAI still hiring for robotics?
Yes, on a small scale. As of November 14, 2026, OpenAI has 10 live roles on Level with "robot" in the title.
Four of those 10 sit at Level 3 or 4. They include a Robotics Software Engineer and a Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics.
Hardware roles make up much of the rest. Three of them, a Firmware Engineer, a Lead Safety Engineer and an Electrical Engineer for robotics, are rated Little AI. To target OpenAI, start from the OpenAI company page and look for Level 3 and 4 roles.
Who is hiring for robotics jobs right now?
The market is much wider than one lab. Amazon has the most robotics titles on Level, with 399 live roles.
At Amazon, 91 of the 399 roles carry a "Mechatronics & Robotics Tech" or "Technician" title.
Nvidia follows with 62 robotics roles. Anduril Industries has 52, ABB has 45 and Johnson & Johnson has 28.
Location is concentrated. The United States has 591 of the 851 roles. France follows with 50, then China with 34 and Germany with 28.
In total, 75 of the 851 roles were posted in the last seven days.
The topic also reaches well beyond robotics titles. 6,300+ live listings on Level mention robotics somewhere in the job description.
How much AI is in a robotics job?
Most robotics roles are not AI roles. Level rates every listing from Little AI (Level 1) to Builds AI (Level 4), based on the duties. See how the levels are defined.
Of the 851 robotics roles, 165 are Builds AI and 88 are Works on AI (Level 3). Another 15 are Uses AI (Level 2), and 583 are Little AI (Level 1).
Put together, 30% of robotics roles sit at Level 3 or 4. About 69% sit at Level 1.
The skills in the listings tell the same story. Python appears in 110 robotics roles and PyTorch in 83.
ROS, the Robot Operating System, appears in 50 roles. JAX appears in 33.
If you want roles where the model is the product, start with the Builds AI listings. If you lean toward on-robot software, our look at on-device AI jobs covers the edge side.
What do robotics jobs pay, and can you work remotely?
Of the 851 robotics roles, 396 publish a yearly salary range in US dollars. The median midpoint of those ranges is $180,000.
For the Builds AI roles alone, 96 publish a yearly US dollar range. Their median midpoint is $197,825.
These are midpoints of advertised ranges, not guaranteed offers.
Remote work is rare in this field. Only 49 of the 851 robotics roles are remote, or 6%. For fully remote options in other fields, browse remote AI jobs.
Students have a path in. Level lists 57 robotics internships and 27 junior roles. For more entry points, see AI internships.
