Founding Robot Learning Research Engineer

Founding Robot Learning Research Engineer position at a vertically integrated robotics company building dexterous factory automation, with a focus on generating data to solve the biggest bottleneck in robot learning.RequirementsPhD or equivalent depth in robot learning through research or hands-on systems buildingStrong track record training large-scale VLAs, VLMs, diffusion models, or world models from pretraining through finetuningExperience building and shipping a working policy on real hardware, including data collection, training, and real-world executionDeep hands-on experience with real robot hardware, including bring-up, ROS/ROS2, joint control, inverse kinematics, and building the stack from scratchExperience building inside and expanding upon robot simulatorsAbility to leverage AI-assisted development to maximize output across a wide stackLow ego, evidence-driven, and comfortable with ambiguity and incomplete infrastructureThrives in small, tight-knit teams, with a collaborative, friendly, and easy-to-work-with approachBenefitsGenerous Paid Time Off401k MatchingRetirement PlanVisa SponsorshipFour Day Work WeekGenerous Parental LeaveTuition ReimbursementRelocation AssistanceOriginally posted on Himalayas