Legged quadruped ground robots for defense, security and industrial inspection
Ghost Robotics builds four-legged unmanned ground vehicles for military and industrial use, running an embedded stack of NVIDIA Jetson, Yocto/Embedded Linux, C++20 and MoveIt. Open roles are senior-heavy and engineering-led, centered on Q-UGV electrical architecture, payload integration and manipulation, which points to a push toward arm-equipped robots. Pain points around defense electronics scaling and DoD procurement show military programs driving the roadmap.
Ghost Robotics is a privately held robotics company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. It designs and manufactures quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles (Q-UGVs) built for rough, unstructured terrain where wheeled or tracked platforms struggle. Its product lines cover inspection, security and asset management for industrial, energy, mining and infrastructure operators, plus a hardened variant for military customers. The company employs 51–200 people and hires in the United States.
Ghost Robotics builds on C++17/C++20, Python, NVIDIA Jetson, Embedded Linux with Yocto, MoveIt and Altium Designer, with GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins and Docker for builds and deployment.
Yes. Hiring is mostly senior engineering, focused on robot electrical architecture, power systems, manipulation, SLAM and computer vision, with a VP-level sales role. Recent hiring velocity is minimal.
Current work includes Q-UGV electrical and battery power architectures, payload sensor integration, end-to-end manipulation and grasping, trajectory planning, SLAM and localization, and computer vision pipelines.
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