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Research Scientist - Humanoid Robotics

Applied Intuition· AI Research
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Sunnyvale$250k - $423kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Founding senior Research Scientist role in humanoid robotics within Applied Intuition's AI Research group, with autonomy to set research agenda, collaborate with senior researchers, and deploy methods to humanoid platforms and dexterous hands.

Responsibilities

  • Set and drive the research agenda for humanoid robotics, with a focus on dexterous manipulation and frontier research problems
  • Conduct original research on world-action foundation models and reinforcement learning, delivering manipulation policies for humanoid robotic systems
  • Serve as a founding senior researcher on the humanoid effort, shaping both the technical direction and the growth of the team
  • Publish at top-tier venues (CoRL, ICRA, RSS, and similar) alongside other Research Scientists and interns
  • Collaborate closely with Research Engineers and product teams to deploy your work into real humanoid platforms and dexterous hands
  • Partner with senior researchers Yihan Hu and Wei on cross-cutting problems spanning autonomy and robotics

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of industry research experience, or a completed post-doc in a relevant field
  • A strong research record in robotics, manipulation, robot learning, or closely related areas, with publications in top-tier conferences or journals such as CoRL, RSS, ICRA, IROS
  • PhD in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, or a closely related field
  • Strong technical convictions and a clear point of view on where the field is going — and the self-motivation to drive that vision to execution for a team of researchers
  • Technical and professional maturity: able to operate independently as a senior IC and set direction for others
  • Passion for scalable, real-world robotics and physical AI, not just benchmark performance

Skills

Required:Humanoid robotics and manipulationRobotics learning and reinforcement learningResearch publication track record
Last updated Sep 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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