Multiply Labs
Senior / Staff Robotics Research Scientist - Dexterous & Mobile Manipulation
$160K–$210K
San Francisco · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2025
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in research and development.
- Education
- MS or PhD in a robotics-relevant field.
- Visa sponsorship
- H-1B and Green Card sponsorship available for exceptional talent.
About the job
Develops and deploys robotic manipulation research and practical systems, especially for dexterous and mobile manipulation in robotic cell therapy manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Advance robotic manipulation research and solve complex technical problems.
- Collaborate on conference publications and build prototypes with researchers and engineers.
- Apply research to real-world problems and deploy systems on physical robots.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in a robotics-relevant field.
- 5+ years of experience in research and development.
- Strong theoretical and practical understanding of robotic manipulation; high proficiency with Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
- Experience with complex codebases, ML-oriented robotics simulation environments, physical robot deployment, and a publication record in top-tier conferences or journals.
Nice to have
- Experience with planning, control, optimization, dynamics modeling, partial sensing, or task planning.
- Experience with robotics toolkits such as ROS/ROS2, OpenRAVE, or MoveIt!.
Pay
USD 160,000–210,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyBullet, ROS/ROS2, OpenRAVE, MoveIt!
AI focus
Applies AI and robotics research—including imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models—to dexterous and mobile manipulation for automated cell therapy manufacturing.
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