Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Robotics and Physical AI

22 hours ago

Base Salary

$100k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

Develop learning systems for robots, including policies, world models, and vision-language-action models.
Build and maintain simulation environments and evaluation frameworks for robotic tasks.
Apply computer vision and perception algorithms for autonomous robots.
Create pipelines connecting simulation with real-world robot deployment, including real-to-sim and sim-to-real workflows.
Work with robot hardware, sensors, actuators, and embedded systems to prototype and validate capabilities.
Train and evaluate reinforcement-learning and imitation-learning systems for manipulation, locomotion, and mobile platforms.
Integrate and experiment with robot platforms in physical-world testing.
Create tools and infrastructure that accelerate robotics research and development.
Collaborate with external robotics companies and research labs on technical problems.

Demonstrated research or engineering experience in robotics and AI beyond academic experiments alone.
Strong software skills in C++ and Python.
Practical experience with deep learning, reinforcement learning, and computer vision.
Hands-on experience with real-to-sim or sim-to-real robotics workflows.
Familiarity with Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, MJX, or Genesis.
Experience with robotics hardware, sensors, embedded systems, and 3D modeling tools.
Ability to work across research, engineering, experimentation, and product development with end-to-end ownership.
Exposure to multimodal AI approaches such as transformers, diffusion models, world models, vision-language-action models, LLMs, or AI agents is a plus.
New graduates with strong robotics backgrounds are welcome.