Imagineer

Back to rolesImagineerAbout LightberryLightberry builds the software layer for expressive, interactive robots. We combine voice AI, perception, and behavior systems so robots can understand people and respond naturally.We are a small, hands-on team based in San Francisco, working across software, hardware, design, and research to turn new capabilities into robots people can interact with today.We care about thoughtful craft, fast iteration, and shipping real systems into the world.Robots with SoulsYep, you read that right.Robots are here, but they ship with no software. They’re all mute, deaf, and blind out of the box. The only way to get the robot to do anything is to write code. This is insane.We want robots to behave like in the movies: proactive, caring, aware.The roleOur robots need bodies that match their souls. Ears that hear, eyes that see, shells that invite a handshake — designed, prototyped, and built in our workshop.You’ll turn a machine into someone people want to talk to. Function isn’t enough here: it has to work beautifully.What you’ll doDesign and prototype the mechanical systems that give our robots presence: heads, shells, mounts, mechanisms.Integrate sensors, speakers, and compute into bodies that still look and move like characters.Iterate fast in the workshop: CAD in the morning, 3D print by lunch, on a robot by evening.Work shoulder to shoulder with artists and animators — form and function are one brief here.What’s neededWe don’t care about degrees, titles, or seniority. Show us hard problems you’ve solved — projects, repos, systems running in production. We do need:Craft. You’ve built and shipped physical products — and you can show us the parts you’re proud of.Art. You have an artistic streak. You notice proportion, material, and finish — you think “that looks pretty” and know why.Hands. CAD is where you start, not where you stop: you prototype, print, machine, and assemble yourself.Fun. You build things because you love it — furniture, props, kinetic sculptures, cosplay.Bonus pointsMotion. You’ve designed mechanisms that move: linkages, actuators, animatronics.Startups. You’ve worked at a startup or pre-Series B company and are used to owning problems end to end.One last thing…Don’t apply if…You can’t stand chaosYou’d work remotely every day if you couldYou’re not a people-personYou’re pessimistic about tech, AI, and the futureApply if…You want to do your life’s workYou care about developing and expressing your craftYou love intense, fast-paced environmentsYou like getting your hands dirty, no work is beneath youLife’s short, why work on B2B AI SAAS infra slop when you could work on speaking robots?Apply now