Should you work at Sunday Robotics?
Probably, if you want the full robotics stack and Redwood City. Sunday Robotics raised a $165M Series B, is hiring 30 roles across ten departments, exposes engineers to hardware, firmware, ML and software rather than one layer, and states a product launch target you can judge it against. Nearly every role is on-site in Redwood City, much of the work is undefined by design, only three of thirty postings publish pay, and we hold no verified employee reviews.
Read from 30 live roles, 30 full job descriptions and 1 funding round. No employee reviews, no ratings.
Good fit if
- Roles are described as early-stage with broad individual ownership rather than narrow slices of a system.
- Several engineering roles offer end-to-end ownership of a defined system area.
- The company names its investors and location, and states it has been building for 18 months with a product launch target.
- There is a concrete product timeline candidates can evaluate against.
Think twice if
- Much of the work is undefined; candidates who want a clear playbook are told directly this is not the role.
- Priorities are expected to shift, and at least one role is explicitly high-ambiguity by design.
- One posting uses intensity language about work expectations without defining it.
- Some roles include on-call or on-site deployment duties beyond the core job.
We can't tell you
- What managers are actually like day to day
- Attrition, tenure or promotion rates
- Whether the pace is sustainable
- Equity terms — no posting states them
What it pays
Median posted midpoint $103K, ranging $70K–$150K. Based on the 3 of 30 roles that publish pay.
3 of 30 roles post a range
Highest bands
How to read this
27 of 30 roles post nothing. The bands here describe only the roles that publish one, which is rarely a random sample of the whole board.
Equity is mentioned, never sized. Postings that offer equity do not state amount, strike or vesting — ask early.
Ranges are pre-negotiation. A published band is what the company advertises, not what it settles at.
Where you'd sit
Of 30 roles that specify a setup.
Who they're hiring
30 live roles across 10 teams.
What the job descriptions ask of you
A reading of how 30 postings are worded — not a score, and not comparable between companies.
Pace Fast
Postings repeatedly ask for comfort in fast-moving environments and emphasize shipping speed.
“Comfort working in a fast-moving prototype environment”
Pace Fast
Speed of iteration is framed as an explicit goal of the infrastructure work.
“Reduce the time between “I have an idea” and “it’s running on a robot””
Autonomy Self-directed
Candidates are expected to define their own work rather than receive scoped tasks.
“you don't wait for a fully scoped task or a playbook”
Structure Ambiguous
Processes often do not exist yet and hires are expected to create them.
“You take an undefined problem, stand up the process and tooling from scratch and run it until it's a working function.”
Structure Ambiguous
Even in product roles, scope is still open.
“the scope is still being defined, and your input will shape it”
Ownership End-to-end
Ownership language appears across engineering, product, and operations postings.
“Ownership mindset: you design, build, operate, and iterate on systems end-to-end”
Collaboration Cross-functional
Nearly every role is described as working across hardware, software, ML and other teams.
“you’ll partner cross-functionally with Software, ML, Controls, and Hardware teams”
Collaboration Cross-functional
Cross-functional alignment without formal authority is a stated requirement in senior roles.
“you know how to align teams with different priorities and drive execution without formal authority”
The upside
Stated by Sunday Robotics in its own postings.
Roles are described as early-stage with broad individual ownership rather than narrow slices of a system.
“This role offers significant scope and ownership, and the chance to help shape cutting-edge technology into a cohesive, trustworthy product.”
Several engineering roles offer end-to-end ownership of a defined system area.
“Own motor control firmware end-to-end, from prototype to production”
The company names its investors and location, and states it has been building for 18 months with a product launch target.
“Sunday is backed by Benchmark and Conviction and based in Mountain View.”
There is a concrete product timeline candidates can evaluate against.
“We're launching Memo into real homes in late 2026”
Work spans the full robotics stack, so engineers are exposed to hardware, firmware, ML and software layers.
“we are building across the entire robotics stack, and a lot of that work happens at the bench”
Some roles can be shaped around the candidate's specialty.
“This is a broad role that can be tailored to your specific area of expertise: data pipelines, training infrastructure or inference.”
The trade-offs
Also from the postings — not complaints from employees.
Much of the work is undefined; candidates who want a clear playbook are told directly this is not the role.
“"Most effective when a detailed playbook and fully-formed requirements already exist" (listed under "What You're Not")”
Priorities are expected to shift, and at least one role is explicitly high-ambiguity by design.
“Comfort operating in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments where priorities shift all the time”
One posting uses intensity language about work expectations without defining it.
“A level of hardcore-ness while still treating people like people”
Some roles include on-call or on-site deployment duties beyond the core job.
“Aid our early robot deployments by going on site and potentially being on-call”
The supply chain role requires frequent travel on short notice.
“Willingness to travel domestically and internationally often with short notice”
The workplace role has fixed onsite hours and stated physical demands.
“This role requires extended periods of standing, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, and frequently lifting over 25 lbs without assistance.”
Employee sentiment
No data yetWe hold no verified employee reviews for this company. Sentiment appears here only when it comes from verified employees — never from product or customer ratings, which measure something else.