Robotics Research Scientist (San Francisco, CA)

Digitailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Unlimited PTO

Meals and events

Job summary

Tutor Intelligence, a robotics research and deployment company, seeks a research scientist to build AI algorithms and systems for robots used in dynamic real world environments. You will contribute across lab and field deployments, advancing capabilities in perception, planning, and control.

We value strong programming fundamentals, comfort with Python and TypeScript/React, and a passion for applying robotics to real-world problems.

Qualifications

• Exceptional programming skills and fluency in one or more programming languages.
• Natural collaborator, comfortable around a whiteboard in a team setting.
• Excited by a future where robots reshape the economy and daily life.
• Willing to work in factory/warehouse environments and solve hard problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI algorithms and systems for robot capabilities in lab and field.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to prototype software for robotics.
• Contribute to scalable software infrastructure and deployment tooling.

Skills

Programming

Teamwork

Whiteboard collaboration

Robotics/AI fundamentals

Python

TypeScript

React

Docker

Kubernetes

Systemd

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Systemd

Python

TypeScript

React

Job description

About Tutor We believe robots are the biggest lever we have to making the physical world a better, more affordable place. But robots are a rounding error in our society: nearly nine out of ten American factories and warehouses don’t even have a single robot, and robots have yet to make their way into our homes or places of business. Tutor Intelligence is changing that. Tutor is a robotics research and deployment company, building generally capable robot hardware and artificial intelligence to enable robots to go where no robots have gone before. Sonny is a semi-humanoid robot with frontier dexterity approaching the human form. Cassie does back-breaking work, moving boxes, pallets, and bulk goods for businesses from family-owned manufacturers to some of the largest brands in the world. Tutor robots are manufactured at scale and operate as a network, combining the whole fleet’s learned experience to train ever more capable robot artificial intelligence. Founded at MIT and headquartered in Watertown, MA, our team is full stack: we design and manufacture robot hardware, train our own models, work directly with the smallest and largest end-customers, and maintain our fleet across the United States. We’re a team of researchers, engineers, technicians, operators, and sellers who love building things and solving hard problems. Our mission is grand: robots everywhere, for the common good, raising the standard of living across North America, and then the world.

The Role

Are you tired of writing incremental code for massive CRUD web-apps? Do you want to build systems from the ground up that effect change in the physical world, not just the digital one? At Tutor, we are motivated by atoms not electrons : every line of code you write has a real world impact at the foundation of our global economy, solving the core technical problems to evolve humanity and society to the next level. Tutor Intelligence builds software to enable ordinary robots to achieve extraordinary things. As a research scientist, your work lies at the center of this challenge, building the AI algorithms and systems that drive novel capabilities in the lab and in the field. At the core, we are looking for motivated and curious individuals who have exceptionally strong programming fundamentals. Experience in specific technical stacks or with robotics/ML are helpful but not

Requirements

whatever shape your skill set is, Tutor engineers and researchers shape their own roles to best tackle the frontier of robotics development.

Requirements

Exceptionally strong programming skills and comfort in one or more programming languages Natural collaborator, excited to work closely around a whiteboard in a team setting Excited by the future full of robots and a reshaped physical economy Not afraid to step foot in a factory or a warehouse Nice to haves (zero or more) Advanced proficiency with Python and/or Typescript + React Experience with robot arms / manipulation Experience with motion planning and robot optimization Experience with perception or computer vision (deep or classical) Experience with infra and devtools (systemd, Docker, Kubernetes) Experience with hardware / software integration

Benefits

We take care of our team so they can do their best work. At Tutor, you’ll get: Fully employer-covered health insurance, so you’re protected without the premium. A managed 401(k) to help you plan for the future. Generous time off: unlimited PTO and all federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees, and 16+ days of accrued paid time off plus 1.5x pay on federal holidays for hourly employees. Regular in-office meals and team social events throughout the year. As Tutor grows, so will our benefits. We’re continuing to invest in ways to support our team at work and beyond.