Research Scientist: Physical AI for Autonomous Systems

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

Job summary

Applied Intuition's Sunnyvale office is seeking researchers to advance physical AI for autonomous driving and robotic generalist systems. You will build methods that bridge research and customer-facing autonomy, leveraging fleet data, simulation infrastructure, and deployed systems across trucks, industrial machines, humanoids, and manipulation.

You will publish or communicate high-quality work while staying close to applied product constraints, collaborate with researchers and engineers, and

Qualifications

• Strong research background in ML, robotics, autonomy, CV.
• Publications or shipped systems.
• Ability to balance model quality with deployment constraints.
• Willingness to work at Sunnyvale office.

Responsibilities

• Develop research methods for physical AI, autonomy, and robotic generalist systems.
• Test approaches using fleet data and internal tooling.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to transfer to deployed programs.
• Publish or communicate high-quality research close to product constraints.

Skills

Machine learning

Robotics

Autonomy

Computer vision

Publications

Education

PhD or MS in ML/CS/Robotics

Job description

Applied Intuition's Sunnyvale office is seeking researchers to advance physical AI for autonomous driving and robotic generalist systems. You will build methods that bridge research and customer-facing autonomy, leveraging fleet data, simulation infrastructure, and deployed systems across trucks, industrial machines, humanoids, and manipulation.

You will publish or communicate high-quality work while staying close to applied product constraints, collaborate with researchers and engineers, and