Embodied AI Research Scientist: Foundation Models

ROBOSPEC PTE. LTD.; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

RoboSpec seeks an AI Research Scientist to develop, train, and optimize advanced AI models for robotics and embodied intelligence, with a focus on multimodal foundation models and Vision-Language-Action systems.

You will work with robotics engineers to deploy robust, efficient models on real robots, explore state-of-the-art embodied AI techniques, and translate research into deployable robotic intelligence.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, ML, CV, or related field.
• Strong background in deep learning and large-scale model training.
• Hands-on experience with PyTorch and modern deep learning architectures.
• Experience in multimodal learning, foundation models, robot learning, or related areas.
• Strong research and programming skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop, train, and optimize large-scale AI models for robotics and embodied AI.
• Work on VLA, VLM, action models, multimodal models, and robot learning.
• Design and improve model architectures, training methods, and data pipelines.
• Fine-tune foundation models for robotic manipulation and real-world tasks.
• Improve model efficiency, robustness, generalization, and inference performance.
• Work closely with robotics engineers to deploy models on real robotic systems.
• Explore and prototype state-of-the-art research in embodied AI.

Skills

Deep learning

PyTorch

Multimodal learning

Robot learning

Research skills

Education

PhD in related field

Tools

GPT/LLM tooling

Job description

RoboSpec seeks an AI Research Scientist to develop, train, and optimize advanced AI models for robotics and embodied intelligence, with a focus on multimodal foundation models and Vision-Language-Action systems.

You will work with robotics engineers to deploy robust, efficient models on real robots, explore state-of-the-art embodied AI techniques, and translate research into deployable robotic intelligence.