The Allen Institute for AI
Research Scientist, Robotics
$167K–$261K
Seattle, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA, United States - Education
- Typically PhD level; no specific degree requirement stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants from outside the United States are welcome. The employer participates in E-Verify and verifies U.S. work authorization after offer acceptance and completion of Form I-9.
About the job
Conduct robotics research on foundation models, developing open methods, datasets, benchmarks, and models through simulation and real-world robot experiments.
What you'll do
- Lead or contribute to research projects and publish and present scientific work.
- Mentor interns and pre-doctoral candidates and collaborate with external researchers.
- Experiment with large-scale simulation tools and real-world robots.
What they ask for
- Strong foundation, typically PhD level, in one or more listed areas: robot manipulation; planning and control; RL and imitation learning; real-world robot systems; simulation environments and sim2real; or world and foundation models.
- Strong publication record in AI-related areas.
- Strong software engineering skills.
- Experience working with real robot systems and/or deep learning frameworks.
Nice to have
- Contributions to research communities, such as workshop organization or tutorials.
- Research experience in related areas such as large-scale multi-node training, training dynamics, efficiency, data curation, multimodal model debugging, or post-training methods; contributions to open-source research libraries.
Pay
$167,030 - $260,570 USD base salary
AI focus
Research and develop robotics foundation models, including simulation scaling, generalization, robot manipulation, sim-to-real transfer, and skill learning.
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