Research Engineer - Robot Learning

About the role

We are looking for multiple passionate Research Engineers to join the Research Group at Applied Intuition. The mission of the group is to create cutting-edge technology enabling next-generation physical AI, with emphasis on the two most challenging applications reshaping our everyday life: end-to-end autonomous driving and robotic generalist.

Team

The group is composed of leading experts from top institutions and companies, recognized for their exceptional academic and industry contributions—including eight Best Paper awards at premier conferences and journals such as CVPR and ICRA.

Responsibilities

• Support the team robotic and data collection hardware set up, and design the mechatronic system for customized demands
• Construct robotic simulation environments at scale and use it for RL training
• Process human data for robotic use cases
• Work closely with Research Scientists and interns on high-quality research publications to submit to top-tier conferences
• Collaborate with our engineering teams on ADAS, data, and simulation to deploy end-to-end algorithms for mass production vehicles, and neural simulation/generation for tools supporting autonomy development

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in at least one of the following fields: World-action foundation model, video/Gaussian generation, diffusion policy, multi-modal robot learning, VLA post-training, reinforcement learning, Physics-aware reconstruction, deformable simulation
• Passion for next-generation, scalable autonomy and robotics for real-world systems
• Strong engineering and research skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively on projects
• Technical experience in: Python, Pytorch, computer vision, robotics systems, and distributed machine learning model training

Qualifications

• Nice to have industry experience on relevant topics (self-driving application preferred)
• MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications or closely related field
• Passion for building and shipping customer-focused software frameworks or tools

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

• Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off

Pay

Base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $126,000 - $423,000 USD annually

Schedule

Primarily work from the Applied Intuition office 5 days a week, with occasional remote work and flexible scheduling to accommodate family commitments.