Senior AI Researcher

Responsibilities

• Conduct original research in embodied AI, including learning from warfighter demonstration, reinforcement learning, memory, reward, vision-language modeling, and world modeling
• Build, test, 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 research strategy and roadmap across key areas of autonomy and machine learning
• Support field tests and data collection campaigns to evaluate system performance in realistic environments

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field plus 4+ years of applied research experience (industry, postdoc, or lab), or 8+ years of equivalent industry research experience without a PhD
• Strong publication record in top-tier venues
• Deep expertise in one or more of the following: reinforcement learning, 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
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and high-dimensional sensor inputs
• Demonstrated ability to take ideas from research concept to deployed prototype

About the role

We are Scout AI, a startup dedicated to developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense. Our mission is to give U.S. forces overwhelming, adaptable, and autonomous power across every domain through natural language command of robot fleets.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including base salary and bonus
• Meaningful equity
• Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution
• Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar
• Unlimited AI tokens
• Catered lunch daily and fully stocked kitchen
• EV charging
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)