Lead Principal Applied Scientist - Robotics

Ll Oefentherapie; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ll Oefentherapie is seeking an IC5 Applied Scientist for Robotics, Perception, and Embodied AI. This role involves defining and delivering AI capabilities for commercial robotics, collaborating with various teams to transform needs into actionable roadmaps.

The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in applied research including multi-sensor fusion, perception, and reinforcement learning, alongside hands-on experience in solution development.

Qualifications

• Experience in multi-sensor fusion and real-time signals.
• Knowledge in reinforcement learning and action-conditioned planning.
• Strong ability to translate product needs into research roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define, prototype, and deliver AI capabilities for robotics.
• Partner across teams to identify high-impact opportunities.
• Guide solution development from data collection to production.

Job description

The IC5 Applied Scientist for Robotics, Perception, and Embodied AI will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for defining, prototyping, and delivering AI capabilities for commercially viable robotic systems. This role partners across science, software engineering, product, and hardware teams to identify high-impact opportunities, translate ambiguous product needs into research and engineering roadmaps, and guide end-to-end solution development from data collection and experimentation through production deployment. The scientist will lead applied research in multi-sensor fusion, real-time signals, perception, multimodal reasoning,
reinforcement learning, and action-conditioned planning, with a strong bias for hands-on execution and full-stack delivery.