3D Vision & Autonomy Research Engineer

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale seeks a hands-on Research Engineer to advance 3D vision and generation for autonomous systems. You will connect model research with real-world autonomy across vehicles, industrial machines, humanoids, and dexterous robots.

This role emphasizes implementing models, data pipelines, and evaluation tools, working with real-world autonomy data and simulation infrastructure to push research toward deployable robotic systems.

Qualifications

• Research engineering background in computer vision, generative models, robotics, or autonomy.
• Ability to implement models, data pipelines, and evaluation tools.
• Comfort working with real-world autonomy data and simulation infrastructure.
• Interest in physical AI systems beyond offline benchmarks.

Responsibilities

• Build and evaluate 3D perception, generation, and autonomy research systems.
• Turn fleet-scale data and simulation infrastructure into usable experiments.
• Collaborate with research scientists and autonomy engineers on model quality.
• Help move promising methods from research prototypes toward robotic systems.

Skills

3D vision research

Generative models

Robotics

Autonomy systems

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale seeks a hands-on Research Engineer to advance 3D vision and generation for autonomous systems. You will connect model research with real-world autonomy across vehicles, industrial machines, humanoids, and dexterous robots.

This role emphasizes implementing models, data pipelines, and evaluation tools, working with real-world autonomy data and simulation infrastructure to push research toward deployable robotic systems.