Remote VP, Robotics Research & Data Engines

RemoteJobsOne; Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Remote-first access to benefits

Performance bonuses

Job summary

RemoteJobsOne is seeking a visionary VP of Robotics Research to lead the Robotics Research team in building data foundations for robot learning. You will define data collection, representation, evaluation, and scaling to power a Robotics Data Engine for capable robotic systems.

Collaborating with AI researchers and engineers, you will set technical vision, mentor a world-class team, and drive research at the intersection of robotics, perception, learning, and data-driven systems while delivering

Qualifications

• Significant experience in robotics research, embodied AI, or robot learning.
• Experience leading or mentoring high-performing technical teams.
• Deep understanding of robotics data pipelines and data infrastructure for robot learning.
• Strong expertise in perception, manipulation, control, imitation learning, RL, or foundation models for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the research strategy for robotics data, embodied AI, and robot learning.
• Lead initiatives focused on robotics datasets, multimodal representations, perception, and data-centric learning.
• Build and mentor a team of Robotics Researchers and set the scientific vision.
• Design scalable robotics data pipelines, including collection workflows, schemas, QC, evaluation, and data delivery formats.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to operationalize pipeline designs for production-ready data solutions.

Skills

Robotics research

Embodied AI

Robot learning

Research leadership

Data pipelines

Education

Master's or PhD in Robotics, CS, AI, or EE

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Habitat

Job description

RemoteJobsOne is seeking a visionary VP of Robotics Research to lead the Robotics Research team in building data foundations for robot learning. You will define data collection, representation, evaluation, and scaling to power a Robotics Data Engine for capable robotic systems.

Collaborating with AI researchers and engineers, you will set technical vision, mentor a world-class team, and drive research at the intersection of robotics, perception, learning, and data-driven systems while delivering