2 months ago
Senior AI Researcher (Robotics)
200 000 - 400 000$
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Senior AI Researcher (Robotics): Developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, with an accent on embodied intelligence and autonomous power. Focus on reinforcement learning, vision-language-action modeling, and sim-to-real transfer for deployment in unstructured environments.
Location: Remote (Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information)
Salary: $200,000 - $400,000 USD
Company
Developing the first defense-specific robotic foundation model to provide U.S. forces with adaptable, autonomous power.
What you will do
- Conduct original research in embodied AI, including reinforcement learning, memory, reward, and world modeling.
- Build and benchmark large-scale models for perception, decision-making, and control in simulated and physical environments.
- Investigate transfer learning and continual learning paradigms across diverse robotic domains.
- Collaborate with engineering, robotics, and field teams to integrate research into operational systems.
- Lead the research strategy and roadmap for autonomy and machine learning.
- Support field tests and data collection campaigns to evaluate system performance in realistic environments.
Requirements
- PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or ML with 4+ years of research experience, or 8+ years of equivalent industry experience.
- Strong publication record in top-tier venues.
- Deep expertise in RL, imitation learning, vision-language models, sim-to-real, world modeling, or agentic AI.
- Hands-on experience building and evaluating models for embodied agents or autonomous systems.
- Proficiency in Python and frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
Culture & Benefits
- Competitive compensation including base salary, bonus, and meaningful equity.
- Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution.
- Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar.
- Daily catered lunch and fully stocked kitchen.
- Unlimited AI tokens and EV charging.
- Relocation assistance depending on role eligibility.
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