Applied Scientist, Robotics & Embodied AI

Generalist; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Generalist is seeking an Applied Scientist to lead end-to-end improvement of dexterous manipulation capabilities. You will define success, build evaluations, run experiments across model variants, and drive post-training improvements that generalize to multiple applications.

The role combines research, engineering, and operations, requiring hands-on work with robots and real data, with emphasis on rigorous experimentation and clear communication to multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Strong background in machine learning and/or robot learning.
• Experience designing evaluation protocols for manipulation tasks.
• Ability to coordinate data collection, training and large-scale experiments.

Responsibilities

• Owning end-to-end improvement of target capabilities, from baseline measurement to demonstrated mastery.
• Designing task suites and evaluation protocols that generalize beyond a single deployment.
• Coordinating data collection, training and fine-tuning models, sweeping data mixtures and configurations.
• Running rigorous experimental analysis across model variants and rollout data.

Skills

Data analysis at scale

Evaluation & benchmarking

Robotics experience

Experimentation

Communication

Education

PhD in a relevant area

Job description

Generalist is seeking an Applied Scientist to lead end-to-end improvement of dexterous manipulation capabilities. You will define success, build evaluations, run experiments across model variants, and drive post-training improvements that generalize to multiple applications.

The role combines research, engineering, and operations, requiring hands-on work with robots and real data, with emphasis on rigorous experimentation and clear communication to multidisciplinary teams.