Sunday Robotics
Machine Learning Research Engineer/Scientist
$200K–$450K
Redwood City, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Apr 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years (or equivalent) working on machine learning for robotics, controls, or perception.
About the job
Develops robot-learning software and algorithms that enable a home robot to perform dexterous manipulation tasks, from data collection and model training through evaluation and on-robot deployment.
What you'll do
- Design robot-learning algorithms for manipulation and controls, using large-scale real-world data to develop generalizable behaviors.
- Own the workflow from task definition and data curation through model training, evaluation, and robot deployment.
- Collaborate with the robotics team and write maintainable, production-quality research and deployment code.
What they ask for
- 3+ years (or equivalent) working on machine learning for robotics, controls, or perception.
- Proficiency with Python and a deep learning framework.
- Hands-on experience with robot learning for real-world tasks, including offline/online training and evaluation.
- Implement tooling for visualization, debugging, and evaluation of data and learning pipelines.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with classical robotics fundamentals, such as controls, planning, or state estimation.
- Experience with large-scale model training pipelines (LLM/VLM/VLA).
Pay
$200K – $450K (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, LLM, VLM, VLA
AI focus
Develops embodied AI and robot-learning models for dexterous manipulation, using real-world data to train and improve robot behaviors.
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