AI Research Scientist: Robotics, VLA & Digital Twins

Strategic Micro Systems of NJ, LLC.; Agrate Brianza; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

STMicroelectronics seeks an exceptional AI Research Scientist to advance AI-driven modeling of complex systems. You will explore foundation models, scientific machine learning, multimodal learning, and simulation to model, understand, and optimize physical and industrial processes.

A key focus is developing intelligent systems for Robotics and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) applications through advanced modeling, simulation, and foundation-model technologies.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent in AI, ML, robotics, CS, applied maths or related field.
• Publications in leading conferences or journals.
• Experience with robotics, embodied AI, digital twins, or simulation environments.
• Experience with foundation model training or adaptation.
• Open-source or research community contributions.

Responsibilities

• Drive research in AI-driven modeling, robotics, and intelligent systems.
• Design and develop AI models for physical, industrial, and embodied environments.
• Build prototypes and proofs-of-concepts based on emerging AI technologies.
• Contribute to multimodal AI, simulation-driven learning, robotic intelligence, and VLA systems.
• Design physical modeling algorithms and hybrid AI-physics models for Digital Twin solutions.
• Create modeling frameworks combining data, domain knowledge, and physical constraints.
• Design rigorous experiments and evaluation methodologies.
• Publish results, contribute to patents, and communicate technical findings.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across research, engineering, and product groups.

Skills

Hands-on AI experimentation

Software development

Problem formulation

Multimodal learning

Time-series modeling

Physics-informed neural networks

Reinforcement learning

Simulation

Representation learning

AI evaluation

Robotics & VLA

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Scientific experimentation

Education

PhD or equivalent

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Job description

STMicroelectronics seeks an exceptional AI Research Scientist to advance AI-driven modeling of complex systems. You will explore foundation models, scientific machine learning, multimodal learning, and simulation to model, understand, and optimize physical and industrial processes.

A key focus is developing intelligent systems for Robotics and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) applications through advanced modeling, simulation, and foundation-model technologies.