Research Scientist
Hybrid (Pittsburgh, San Mateo)$100k - $300kfull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Researchers to develop next-generation techniques to advance robotic systems, focusing on machine learning and robotics with impact-taking research into scalable applications.
Responsibilities
- Develop new algorithms and methods for training general-purpose robot foundation models.
- Conduct cutting edge research across multiple disciplines (Perception, Robotics, RL / IL, Machine Learning, etc.).
- Work with large scale systems and large-scale model training.
Qualifications
- PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Multiple years of experience in conducting research.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, etc.
- Publications at top-tier ML, robotics, or CV conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CoRL, RSS, ICRA, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV).
- Deep technical knowledge, and research experience in deep learning, reinforcement learning, robotics, or computer vision.
- Deep understanding of state-of-the-art machine learning techniques and models.
- Experience working with robot systems.
- Experience working with large-scale model training and systems.
Last updated Jul 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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