Applied Intuition
Research Scientist - World-Action Foundation Model, Robotics
$126K–$423K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2025
- Experience
- 1+ year of research experience; open to all years of experience if requirements are met.
- Education
- MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications or closely related fields.
About the job
Research world-action foundation models that connect visual and physical world data with actions for robotics and simulation, and help publish and deploy the resulting algorithms.
What you'll do
- Research multimodal world-action foundation models and related 3D vision, generation, and robotics topics.
- Collaborate on research publications for top-tier conferences.
- Work with research and engineering teams to test and deploy algorithms in autonomy and simulation products.
What they ask for
- Strong research record in 3D vision, reconstruction, and generation for robotics or autonomous systems, including top-tier publications.
- MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications, or a closely related field.
- At least 1 year of research experience in autonomy, self-driving, robotics, or a related field.
- Technical experience with Python, Pytorch, computer vision, robotics systems, and distributed machine learning model training.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience in 3D or multimodal foundation models, pretraining, or world-model generation.
- Hands-on experience in feed-forward Gaussian splatting, end-to-end autonomous driving or robotics models, or human-data processing.
Pay
$126K – $423K (base salary)
Tools
Python, Pytorch
AI focus
Research and pretrain world-action foundation models using vision, physics, and other modalities for robot actions and simulation-world generation.
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