Robotics Research PM: Benchmarks & Data Pilots

WorldEngine AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontier AI is seeking a Research Product Manager to lead our research-led go-to-market strategy, including benchmarks, publications, and post-training results. You will work directly with robotics and embodied AI researchers to translate conversations into pilot briefs and hand them to Product for building data types that do not yet exist.

You will collaborate with our research lead on what to publish and what to keep, ensuring alignment with the labs’ needs and Frontier AI’s long-term roadmap.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical background in engineering or research.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence researchers.
• Experience working with researchers on data for pre-training or post-training.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with researchers and lab stakeholders.
• Advise on robotics data for pre-training and evaluation.
• Define benchmark and publication roadmaps with the research team.
• Co-design pilot prototypes and capture requirements with researchers.
• Hands-on data review in robotics lab and evaluate data quality.
• Forecast future data needs to inform the roadmap.

Skills

Research background

Strong communication

External project experience

Startup environment adaptability

Job description

Frontier AI is seeking a Research Product Manager to lead our research-led go-to-market strategy, including benchmarks, publications, and post-training results. You will work directly with robotics and embodied AI researchers to translate conversations into pilot briefs and hand them to Product for building data types that do not yet exist.

You will collaborate with our research lead on what to publish and what to keep, ensuring alignment with the labs’ needs and Frontier AI’s long-term roadmap.