Research Scientist, Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research - PhD New College Grad 2026

What you'll do

• Design and implement techniques for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and physical AI.
• Conduct original research and publish results.
• Collaborate with research and product teams, and transfer developed technology to relevant product groups.

What they ask for

• Completing or recently completed a PhD in 2026 in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant research experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, embodied AI, or autonomous systems.
• Research excellence demonstrated through publications at leading conferences or journals and/or other research artifacts such as open-source software.
• Exceptional Python programming skills and experience with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch.

Nice to have

• Experience with C++ and parallel programming, such as CUDA, is a plus.
• Strong autonomy theory and practice, or expertise in a related area with strong interest in autonomous systems.

Pay

168,000 USD - 264,500 USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, C++, CUDA, PyTorch

AI focus

Research on physical AI, foundation models, embodied reasoning, safety, closed-loop training and evaluation, agentic workflows, decision-making under uncertainty, deep learning, reinforcement learning, simulation, and verification and validation of safety-critical AI systems.