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Head of Product

Houston, TX ยท On-site

$222K - $233K/yr

Persona AI founding team has a decades-long history in humanoid robotics, bionics, and product development delivering robust hardware that has touched the stars, worked miles below the surface of the ...

Autonomy Engineer

Houston, TX ยท On-site

$97K - $128K/yr

Houston, TX Travel: 10% Who We Are Persona AI is building humanoid robots for the most demanding environments in heavy industry - shipyards, steel mills, fabrication facilities, and offshore ...

Persona AI founding team has a decades-long history in humanoid robotics, bionics, and product development delivering robust hardware that has touched the stars, worked miles below the surface of the ...

Why Join Persona AI? * Competitive compensation, performance-based bonus, 99% employer-covered medical benefits, early-stage equity, competitive PTO, and a company-wide paid winter break between ...

Assembler

Madison, SD ยท On-site

$18/hr

Job Type Full-time Description Personality Profile Persona is searching for a Final Assembler. This hard worker needs to be accurate, patient, analytical and precise with a drive to do things right ...

Welder- 2nd shift

Madison, SD ยท On-site

$19 - $25/hr

Job Type Full-time Description Personality Profile Persona is searching for someone who pays attention to details, does it right the first time and takes pride in their work. If this is you, please ...

Shipping (Truck Loader/Forklift)

Madison, SD ยท On-site

$15.50 - $18.75/hr

Job Type Full-time Description Personality Profile Persona is looking for a patient and consistent person to be a long-term member of our team. If you are a calm, reliable worker who likes stability ...

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How much do persona jobs pay per hour?

As of Aug 7, 2026, the average hourly pay for persona in the United States is $31.23, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $29.57 and $32.93 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Persona vs Graphic Designer?

AspectPersonaGraphic Designer
Primary FocusCreating detailed user profiles to guide product development and marketing strategiesDesigning visual content for branding, advertising, and communication materials
Required SkillsUser research, psychology, storytelling, communicationCreativity, visual design, software proficiency (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite)
Work EnvironmentMarketing teams, UX/UI departments, product developmentDesign studios, advertising agencies, in-house marketing teams
Common CertificationsUX certifications, market research trainingGraphic design certifications, Adobe certifications

While both roles involve creativity and understanding user needs, Personas focus on developing detailed user profiles to inform product and marketing strategies. Graphic Designers primarily create visual content to communicate messages and enhance brand identity. Understanding these differences helps organizations assign the right skills to the appropriate roles.

What is a persona?

Personas are fictional characters or profiles created to represent different user types, customers, or stakeholders within a business or product context. They help teams understand and empathize with the needs, behaviors, and goals of their target audience. By using personas, organizations can tailor their products, services, and marketing strategies to better meet the expectations of their intended users. Personas are typically based on real data collected through research and interviews, making them valuable tools for decision-making and communication.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a persona, and why are they important?

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How to get a job in Persona?

To get a job as a Persona, candidates should review the company's career page for open positions, prepare a tailored resume highlighting relevant skills such as communication and problem-solving, and submit an application online. Interview processes often include behavioral and technical assessments, and having certifications or experience related to the role can improve chances of hiring.

What are some common challenges faced by persona designers when creating user avatars, and how can they be addressed?

Persona Designers often encounter challenges such as balancing user privacy with personalization, ensuring inclusivity across diverse user groups, and aligning avatars with the brand's identity. Addressing these requires thorough user research, close collaboration with UX teams, and iterative prototyping to gather feedback. Staying updated on accessibility standards and incorporating diverse perspectives helps create avatars that resonate with a wide audience.
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What states have the most Persona jobs? States with the most job openings for Persona jobs include:
Infographic showing various Persona job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 83% Full Time, 14% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 90% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 8% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $64,959 per year, or $31.2 per hour.

Deep Learning - Robot Manipulation Engineer

Persona AI

Houston, TX โ€ข On-site

Full-time

Medical, PTO

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Job description

Job Title: Deep Learning - Robot Manipulation Engineer
Department: Machine Learning
Reports To: Head of Machine Learning
Employment Type: Full-Time
Location: Houston, TX
Travel: 10%
Who We Are
Persona AI is building humanoid robots for the most demanding environments in heavy industry - shipyards, steel mills, fabrication facilities, and offshore platforms - performing welding, grinding, maintenance, inspection, and material-handling work that is dangerous, physically demanding, and increasingly difficult to staff.
We are backed by leading strategic and financial investors and engaged with global industrial leaders across Korea, Japan, the United States, and Singapore. Korea is the center of gravity for our early commercial strategy, anchored by relationships with the world's leading shipbuilders and steelmakers. Our work spans both the robot platform itself and the systems, partners, and playbooks required to deploy it at scale.
Why Join Persona AI?
  • We offer competitive compensation, a performance-based bonus, 99% employer covered medical benefits, early-stage equity, competitive PTO, and a company-wide paid winter break between December 24th and January 2nd.
  • You'll shape technology that's redefining the possibilities of robotics and human interaction.
  • Work alongside passionate teammates who value creativity, and continuous learning.

About the Role
We're looking for a Deep Learning Manipulation Engineer to help train Persona AI robots to do real work in real world environments. We're looking for exceptional people who dream big, thrive on challenges, and love seeing their efforts come to life. We are primarily interested in candidates who have developed and released products to the market, but can be flexible depending on aptitude and energy.
As one of the inaugural Deep Learning Manipulation Engineers at Persona, you will have an incredible opportunity to get in at the beginning to shape the design and development of Persona's deep learning and manipulation strategy and infrastructure. If you're passionate about cutting-edge technology and want to be part of a world-class team we'd love to hear from you.
What You Will Be Doing
  • Design and implement advanced deep learning models and training procedures to achieve dexterous manipulation for humanoid robots with high DOF and multi-fingered hands.
  • Train models, using curriculum learning strategies, to progress from simple object interactions to precise grasping, long-horizon tasks, tool-use, and in-hand object manipulation.
  • Incorporate tactile sensing and proprioception into end-to-end learning pipelines, enabling robust closed-loop policies.
  • Work with the teleoperation and data team to design data collection and versioning strategies.
  • Leverage existing state-of-the-art manipulation models and contribute to the development of new architectures for emerging complex tasks.
  • Deploy trained manipulation models to robotic hardware, ensuring real-time performance, safety, and integration with control systems and sensors.
  • Collaboratively develop and optimize the manipulation ML pipeline.
  • Keep up to date with the state of the art in research and development.
  • Develop and execute evaluation pipelines to rigorously test learned manipulation models, including real-world trials and simulation, measuring performance, robustness, and generalization across tasks and environments.
  • Collaborate in attracting, nurturing and growing the machine learning and autonomy teams.

What We Are Looking For:
  • Courage and grit to tackle some of the hardest problems in robot manipulation.
  • Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in fast paced ambiguous environments.
  • Masters or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in applying deep learning to robotic manipulation.
  • Strong understanding and proficiency with state of the art algorithms and best-practices in behavior cloning, vision-language-action models, diffusion policies, foundation models, etc.
  • Experience with cloud computing and large-scale datasets.
  • Understanding of the challenges of deploying neural network models in the real world.
  • Capable of writing high quality software.
  • Strong first principles thinker.

Bonus Skills:
  • Experience with other aspects of ML applied to robotics, including computer vision algorithms, sensors, point clouds, segmentation and object detection.
  • Published papers at top ML/Robotics conferences (ICML, ICRA, CoRL, RSS, NeurIPS).
  • Have deployed robots, collected large amounts of data, and trained large neural networks that work in production environments.

Persona AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.