Robotics AI Research Scientist: World-Action Models

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale is hiring research scientists for its AI research group, focusing on world-action foundation models for robotics and embodied AI. This is an in-office Sunnyvale role bridging robotics, autonomy, simulation, and data.

You will build experiments, connect model behavior to physical AI performance, and turn research into infrastructure for real robotic systems. The team emphasizes rigorous experimentation and practical deployment in embodied robotics.

Qualifications

• Research strength in machine learning, robotics, embodied AI, or foundation models
• Ability to design and evaluate experiments for action-generating systems
• Publication, implementation, or applied research evidence in relevant areas
• Comfort working in a highly technical in-office research environment

Responsibilities

• Research world-action model approaches for robots and autonomous systems
• Build experiments that connect model behavior to physical AI performance
• Work with a research group spanning robotics, autonomy, simulation, and data
• Turn research results into infrastructure that can support real robotic systems

Skills

ML research

Robotics

Embodied AI

Foundation models

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale is hiring research scientists for its AI research group, focusing on world-action foundation models for robotics and embodied AI. This is an in-office Sunnyvale role bridging robotics, autonomy, simulation, and data.

You will build experiments, connect model behavior to physical AI performance, and turn research into infrastructure for real robotic systems. The team emphasizes rigorous experimentation and practical deployment in embodied robotics.