Research Scientist - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-Driving

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale seeks a research scientist focused on 3D vision and generation for self-driving systems. You will join the same research group working on physical AI, autonomous driving, and robotic generalist systems.

The role connects research to production autonomy programs, spanning perception, simulation, synthetic data, and evaluation for real-world impact.

Qualifications

• Strong research in computer vision, 3D perception, generative models, autonomy, or related ML areas.
• Ability to design rigorous experiments and communicate results clearly.
• Comfort working with real-world autonomous-system constraints.
• Onsite in Sunnyvale.

Responsibilities

• Develop 3D vision and generative modeling approaches for self-driving systems
• Use fleet data and simulation tools to evaluate model behavior
• Collaborate with researchers and engineering teams on applied autonomy problems
• Turn research findings into methods that can influence customer-facing systems

Skills

Computer vision

3D perception

Generative models

Autonomy ML

Experiment design

Job description

What the role actually is

Applied Intuition is hiring a research scientist focused on 3D vision and generation for self-driving systems. The role sits inside the same research group working on physical AI, autonomous driving, and robotic generalist systems.

The listing connects the research to production autonomy programs, so the work likely spans perception, scene understanding, simulation, synthetic data, and evaluation.

What you would work on

• Develop 3D vision and generative modeling approaches for self-driving systems
• Use fleet data and simulation tools to evaluate model behavior
• Collaborate with researchers and engineering teams on applied autonomy problems
• Turn research findings into methods that can influence customer-facing systems

What they are asking for

• Research strength in computer vision, 3D perception, generative models, autonomy, or related ML areas
• Ability to design rigorous experiments and communicate research results clearly
• Comfort working with real-world autonomous-system constraints
• Ability to work onsite in Sunnyvale

Why this one is worth a look

3D generative work is becoming central to autonomy because it touches perception, simulation, data scaling, and evaluation. Applied's position between tooling and deployed autonomy gives this role a clear path from research idea to product impact.