Robotics Researcher (PhD) | Remote
Position: Director of Robotics Research Type: Full-time Compensation: $1.5M - $4M/yr Location: Remote Commitment: 10-40 hrs/week Role Responsibilities Define and execute the research strategy for robotics data, embodied AI, and robot learning. Lead research initiatives focused on robotics datasets, multimodal representations, perception, manipulation, and data-centric learning. Build, mentor, and grow a team of Robotics Researchers while fostering a culture of scientific rigor, curiosity, and rapid experimentation. Develop novel approaches for collecting robotics data through teleoperation, human demonstrations, simulation, autonomous exploration, and real-world deployments. Design scalable robotics data pipelines by defining collection workflows, task taxonomies, annotation schemas, quality control processes, evaluation methodologies, and final data delivery formats. Partner with research, engineering, product, and operations teams to operationalize pipeline designs and deliver production-ready robotics data solutions.
Requirements
Significant experience in robotics research, embodied AI, robot learning, or robotics software engineering. Experience leading or mentoring high-performing technical or research teams. Deep understanding of robotics data pipelines, multimodal datasets, and data infrastructure for robot learning. Strong expertise in robot perception, manipulation, control, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or foundation models for robotics. Experience designing and evaluating large-scale robotics datasets and data collection strategies. Ability to bridge research and engineering, translating cutting-edge ideas into scalable systems. Application Process Easy Apply on LinkedIn Check email for next steps Participate in resume evaluation & interview stage