Research Scientist - Humanoid Robotics

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in California is seeking a research scientist focused on humanoid robotics. You will advance learning and control methods for embodied AI and contribute to hardware-in-the-loop experiments.

This role is research-heavy but sits at the core of our AI tooling stack, connecting simulation, data, and real-world robot behavior while collaborating with a broad team of researchers and engineers.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated depth in robotics, ML, humanoids, or embodied AI.
• Ability to design experiments and evaluate robot behavior rigorously.
• Strong publication, implementation, or applied research track record.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving industrial research environment.

Responsibilities

• Research learning and control methods for humanoid robot behavior.
• Build experiments that connect simulation, data, and embodied performance.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers on next-generation physical AI systems.
• Help turn research insight into reusable infrastructure for robotics teams.

Skills

Research depth in robotics, machine%3

Job description

What the role actually is

Applied Intuition is hiring a research scientist focused on humanoid robotics. The work is tied to the company's AI research group and its push into generalist physical AI systems.

This is a research-heavy role, but it belongs on the board because humanoid systems are ultimately judged by what they can do around people, tools, tasks, and messy environments.

What you would work on

• Research learning and control methods for humanoid robot behavior
• Build experiments that connect simulation, data, and embodied performance
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers on next-generation physical AI systems
• Help turn research insight into reusable infrastructure for robotics teams

What they are asking for

• Research depth in robotics, machine learning, humanoids, or embodied AI
• Ability to design experiments and evaluate robot behavior rigorously
• Strong publication, implementation, or applied research record
• Comfort working in a fast-moving industrial research environment

Why this one is worth a look

Humanoid robotics is crowded with demos, but fewer companies are building the infrastructure layer around it. Applied's role is interesting because it links humanoid research to broader autonomy tooling and simulation products.