# Research Scientist, Robotics

**Company:** [Ai2](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/ai2)
**Location:** Seattle, WA
**Role:** AI Research
**Salary:** $167k – $261k/yr
**Skills:** Robot Manipulation, Reinforcement Learning, Imitation Learning, Robot Planning, Robot Control, Sim-To-Real, Simulation Environments, Foundation Models, Deep Learning Frameworks, ROS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Real Robot Systems
**Posted:** 2026-04-29

> Conducts research on foundation models for robotics, focusing on manipulation, sim-to-real transfer, RL, and skill learning using simulations and real robots. Requires PhD-level expertise in robotics/AI, strong publications, and software skills for open-source breakthroughs.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Need

- A strong foundation (typically PhD level) in one or more of the following areas: **robot manipulation, planning and control, RL and imitation learning, real world robot systems, simulation environments and sim2real, world models and foundation models**.
- A strong publication record in AI-related areas. Example venues include **CoRL, ICRA, RSS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR**, etc. Contributions to research communities (e.g. workshop organization, tutorials) are a plus.
- Strong **software engineering** skills. Experience working with **real robot systems** and/or with **deep learning frameworks**.

### Optional
- Research experience in related areas like **large-scale multi-node training, training dynamics, efficiency, data curation, multimodal model debugging, post-training methods**.
- Contributions to **open-source research libraries**.

## Compensation
Base salary range: **$167,030 - $260,570**, plus generous bonus plans.

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