Senior Robotics Research Engineer

What you'll do

• Develop and integrate methods and architectures for robots to perceive, reason, plan, learn, and act in complex environments.
• Build, integrate, and evaluate research prototypes on real robotic platforms and in simulation; identify system-level bottlenecks for future compute and software platforms.
• Publish research, collaborate across disciplines and with external partners, and contribute to the lab’s research directions and technical roadmap.

What they ask for

• PhD or equivalent research experience in a relevant field.
• Strong research expertise in at least one area relevant to intelligent robotic systems, with demonstrated ability to formulate and solve open-ended research problems.
• Experience implementing and evaluating algorithms on robotic systems, relevant physical systems, or high-fidelity simulation.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and/or Python.

Nice to have

• Experience in multiple listed areas, such as robot learning, foundation models for robotics, planning, control, perception, safety, systems, or mechatronics.
• Experience taking research from simulation to real robotic systems; background spanning research and production robotics.

Pay

$161,500-$218,500 per year (base salary; currency not stated)

Tools

C++, Python, foundation models, agentic AI, simulation, CPU/GPU/NPU/MCU

AI focus

Research and develop intelligent robotics methods and architectures, including robot learning, embodied AI, foundation models, and agentic AI, for robots operating in real-world environments.