Robotic AI Engineer/Applied Scientist - Foundation Models
Maven Robotics · San Francisco Bay Area, California USA
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Maven Robotics's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Maven Robotics's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Maven Robotics
- high 17 stale, 0 reposted of 20 open
- Hiring momentum
- 20 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
As a Robotics AI Research Engineer at Maven Robotics, you will design and develop advanced AI frameworks that enable robots to reason and adapt in complex environments. Your work will involve creating model architectures, innovating reinforcement learning methods, and collaborating on data collection systems to enhance the performance of general-purpose robots. You will be part of a team that focuses on turning cutting-edge research into practical applications in logistics and manufacturing.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- MS or PhD in CS, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field (or equivalent industry experience)
- Advanced understanding of transformers, multi-modal alignment, and mapping perception to high-frequency motor control
- Proven ability to innovate within one or more areas: VLA models, Real-world RL, or large-scale Data Infrastructure
- Expert-level Python and deep familiarity with PyTorch or JAX
Nice to have
- A track record of high-impact publications (NeurIPS, ICRA, RSS, CVPR) or significant open-source contributions
- Experience with large-scale distributed training and model compression
- Experience with deployment of models to edge devices (NVIDIA Jetson/Orin) for real-time inference
- General knowledge of robotics principles (kinematics, dynamics)
Worth weighing
- Hiring across all levels, so early-career candidates may apply but must demonstrate excellence in at least one core area
- No specific salary or benefits information provided in the posting
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