Applied Scientist, Embodied AI & Robotics

Generalist AI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Generalist AI, Inc. is seeking an Applied Scientist to advance dexterous manipulation models and post-training workflows. You will prototype evaluation suites, run experiments across model variants, and push capabilities toward robustness and generality in real-world robotics.

This role blends research, engineering, and operations, requiring hands-on experimentation with robots, rigorous data analysis, and clear communication with research teams and partners.

Qualifications

• Strong data-analysis skills and ability to derive insights from large-scale experiments.
• Experience designing and executing evaluation benchmarks for ML/robotics.
• Hands-on experience with robotics or robot learning is beneficial.
• Solid foundation in machine learning and related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end improvement of target capabilities.
• Design task suites and evaluation protocols.
• Coordinate data collection, training and fine-tuning models.
• Run rigorous experimental analysis across model variants.
• Collaborate with pretraining and post-training teams to extend capabilities.

Skills

Data analysis at scale

Evaluation & benchmarking

Robotics familiarity

Machine learning background

Education

PhD in a relevant area

Job description

Generalist AI, Inc. is seeking an Applied Scientist to advance dexterous manipulation models and post-training workflows. You will prototype evaluation suites, run experiments across model variants, and push capabilities toward robustness and generality in real-world robotics.

This role blends research, engineering, and operations, requiring hands-on experimentation with robots, rigorous data analysis, and clear communication with research teams and partners.