Humanoid Robot Engineer Recruiter
Building a humanoid takes engineers fluent in mechanism, control and code at the same time. EPG finds them, and returns vetted shortlists in 5–7 business days.
No retainer · Engineering-led screening · US-anchored
Legs to logic
Every humanoid discipline
Since 2018
Robotics & humanoid search
5–7 days
To a vetted shortlist
The rarest engineer in robotics
Few machines are as unforgiving as a humanoid. It must stay upright on two feet while loaded, handle objects it has never encountered, and manage all of it with joints squeezed into a human silhouette and a battery that steadily drains. That combination selects for an unusual engineer: someone as comfortable with heat and torque density as with a controller or a learned policy, and unbothered when the mechanism, the control law and the software all shift in the same sprint.
People like that are scarce, and the well-capitalised humanoid programs are circling the same short list of names. EPG has recruited across robotics since 2018 and knows which neighbouring fields — legged platforms, surgical robotics, exoskeletons, aerospace actuation, EV drivetrains — reliably produce engineers who thrive on a humanoid.
The engineers a humanoid program needs
Hardware and intelligence, in one machine.
Actuation & Joint Design
Designers extracting maximum torque from a joint that has to stay small and stay cool.
Locomotion & Balance
Bipedal gait, footstep planning and push-recovery specialists — the reason it stays standing.
Whole-Body Control
Engineers reconciling dozens of degrees of freedom into a single stable motion.
Manipulation & Hands
Dexterity, grasping and force-control talent building hands for unfamiliar objects.
Mechanical & Structures
Structural, transmission and thermal designers counting every gram of the build.
Learned Policies & Autonomy
Researchers teaching the robot to act, and keeping the policy safe on live hardware.
What we screen for
- • A machine that moved under its own power — an arm, an exoskeleton, a legged platform. Hardware that failed and was fixed teaches what sim never will.
- • Comfortable outside their lane — a humanoid punishes anyone who can't hold a conversation with the discipline next door.
- • Budgets before ideals — mass, torque, heat and power drive their decisions, rather than an idealised model.
- • Steady through churn — humanoid teams iterate relentlessly, and the engineer has to deliver while the platform shifts beneath them.
The EPG difference
There simply aren't enough CVs carrying humanoid experience to staff the programs now funded, so any serious search has to reach past the literal title — and that demands a recruiter who understands which neighbouring backgrounds hold up. We do, because actuation, controls and embedded hiring is daily work for us across robotics, EV and mission-critical systems. Most of the people we surface are passive and off the boards. You get vetted candidates fast, on straightforward terms — a markup on rate for contract, a standard fee on permanent hires — with a sub-5% replacement rate and a replacement guarantee on direct placements.
Flexible Hiring Solutions
Two ways to bring humanoid engineering talent onto your team.
Direct Placement
Hire experienced humanoid robotics professionals for permanent positions. Our recruiting team helps identify, screen, and deliver qualified, credentialed candidates for long-term success.
Learn About Direct PlacementContract & Temporary Staffing
Scale your workforce quickly with contract and temporary humanoid engineering talent. Ideal for project-based work, staffing gaps, and workforce flexibility.
Learn About Temporary StaffingHumanoid engineer recruiting FAQ
Almost nobody has humanoid experience. Who should we actually be hiring?
Which humanoid roles do you recruit?
Why are humanoid engineers so hard to attract?
How fast can you deliver, and how does pricing work?
Staff your humanoid program
Tell us the role and EPG’s recruiting team will get back to you with vetted humanoid engineering candidates — comp, fit and availability, not a stack of resumes.
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