zaimler

Founding Research Scientist at stealth physical AI startup

San Francisco, CA

Sponsorship not specified$14k-$81kDetected 90 days ago

RoboticsResearch

About the role

By training end-to-end manipulation policies and designing evaluation frameworks, you will bridge the gap between high-quality real-world interaction data and model performance.
I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career.
And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire.

Build the end-to-end data-to-policy validation pipeline to ensure high-quality tactile and interaction data translates to performance.
Strong desire to work in an early-stage, hands-on individual contributor role with the ambition to build a research function from scratch.
Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
You will lead the research function at a venture-backed startup solving the data bottleneck in robotics.
Collaborate directly with a technical founding team in a high-autonomy environment where you set the research direction and validation strategy.

Proven track record training manipulation policies on physical hardware, focusing on dexterous manipulation or tactile sensing.
PhD from a top-tier robotics laboratory or extensive research experience at a leading organization specializing in physical foundation models.

This hands-on role offers significant equity and the chance to build a research stack from zero.
Rare opportunity to join as a founding member with minority co-founder level equity and full ownership of the research agenda.
Train and evaluate real-world robot manipulation policies using imitation learning, diffusion policies, or vision-language-action models.

Stealth physical AI startup
This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers.
She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network
The next step is to speak to Jack https://jackandjill.ai/jobs/founding-research-scientist-at-stealth-physical-ai-startup-ae8517f6-9b99-4c22-ba81-14cd73f557e5?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=job_post&utm_campaign=featured_role_ae8517f6-9b99-4c22-ba81-14cd73f557e5.

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