Research Scientist, Multisensor Robotics & Embodied AI

Google Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind in London is seeking a Share Research Scientist for the Multisensor Robotics group. You will design and train advanced robotic perception and control systems, bridging theory and real‑world deployment at scale.

You will work with RL, IL, and Vision-Language-Action architectures, scaling models for production and optimizing latency and memory footprints on device constraints. The role emphasizes publishing findings, collaborating with universities, and advancing embodied AI across

Qualifications

• PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, ML or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of industrial research experience in an R&D lab.
• 3 years designing, training, and scaling RL/IL or VLA models.
• 2 years optimizing foundation models for on-device latency and memory.

Responsibilities

• Architect and train models to expand robotic capabilities and prototype concepts.
• Apply domain expertise in sim-to-real transfer and multi-sensory learning.
• Propose novel ideas and communicate results to audiences.

Skills

Reinforcement Learning

Imitation Learning

Vision-Language-Action

Education

PhD in quantitative field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Model Distillation

Model Pruning

Quantization

Job description

Google DeepMind in London is seeking a Share Research Scientist for the Multisensor Robotics group. You will design and train advanced robotic perception and control systems, bridging theory and real‑world deployment at scale.

You will work with RL, IL, and Vision-Language-Action architectures, scaling models for production and optimizing latency and memory footprints on device constraints. The role emphasizes publishing findings, collaborating with universities, and advancing embodied AI across