Robotics Research Data Scientist (Remote)

SaidGig; New York (NY); Remote; USD 200,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity available

Bonuses possible

Health-insurance premium reimbursement

Paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Remote-workforce benefits

Job summary

SaidGig is seeking a remote, full-time role to shape data foundations for next-generation robot learning and perception systems. You will create scalable datasets, collection methods, and evaluation frameworks for real-world physical AI, partnering with AI and robotics teams to translate research needs into data products.

The role focuses on data schemas, annotations, and experiments to improve model performance, with equity and bonuses possible and a strong emphasis on cross-functional

Qualifications

• 2 to 5+ years of experience in robotics, computer vision, multimodal learning, embodied AI, or applied machine learning research.
• Strong knowledge of robotics or physical AI and multimodal data.
• Ability to turn research questions into concrete datasets, experiments, and technical specifications.
• Strong technical communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Degree in robotics, computer science, electrical engineering, machine learning, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Research data requirements for frontier robotics, world models, and physical AI systems.
• Design datasets and collection methods spanning egocentric video, teleoperation, UMI, robot trajectories, sensors, and simulation.
• Define data schemas, annotations, ground truth, and evaluation approaches for manipulation, navigation, spatial reasoning, and physical understanding.
• Run experiments to determine which data and structures most improve model performance.
• Partner with AI and robotics teams to translate research needs into scalable data pipelines and products.
• Track frontier research and use it to inform robotics data strategy.

Skills

Robotics knowledge

Multimodal learning

Embodied AI

Data pipelines

Technical communication

Education

Robotics or CS degree

Job description

SaidGig is seeking a remote, full-time role to shape data foundations for next-generation robot learning and perception systems. You will create scalable datasets, collection methods, and evaluation frameworks for real-world physical AI, partnering with AI and robotics teams to translate research needs into data products.

The role focuses on data schemas, annotations, and experiments to improve model performance, with equity and bonuses possible and a strong emphasis on cross-functional