Research Scientist - Humanoid Robotics

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Set and drive the research agenda for humanoid robotics, with a focus on dexterous manipulation and relevant frontier research problems
• Conduct original research on world-action foundation models and reinforcement learning, delivering manipulation policies for humanoid robotic systems
• Serve as a founding senior researcher on the humanoid effort, shaping both the technical direction and the growth of the team
• Publish at top-tier venues (CoRL, ICRA, RSS, and similar) alongside other Research Scientists and interns
• Collaborate closely with Research Engineers and product teams to deploy your work into real humanoid platforms and dexterous hands
• Partner with senior researchers Yihan Hu and Wei on cross-cutting problems spanning autonomy and robotics

Job requirements

• 1+ years of industry research experience, or a completed post-doc in a relevant field
• A strong research record in robotics, manipulation, robot learning, or closely related areas, with publications in top-tier conferences or journals such as CoRL, RSS, ICRA, IROS
• PhD in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, or a closely related field
• Strong technical convictions and a clear point of view on where the field is going — and the self-motivation to drive that vision to execution for a team of researchers
• Technical and professional maturity: able to operate independently as a senior IC and set direction for others
• Passion for scalable, real-world robotics and physical AI, not just benchmark performance
• Humanoid robotics platforms, dexterous manipulation and multi-fingered hands
• VLA/WAM and post-training for robotics