Robotics Software Researcher

Acceler8 Talent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent is seeking a Robotics Software Researcher for a frontier AI startup pushing the boundaries of multimodal AI, robotics, and real-time intelligent systems in the physical world.

You'll join a new team focused on robotics software, computer vision, VLMs and multimodal models, taking research from experiments through to production-ready systems. Strong Python and ML/deep learning skills are essential, with hands-on experience building embodied AI.

Qualifications

• Strong robotics software and engineering fundamentals.
• Experience with computer vision, VLMs or multimodal models.
• Strong Python and ML/deep learning experience.
• Ability to implement and experiment with cutting-edge research.
• Experience building real-world robotic or embodied AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Take research from experimentation through to real-world systems.
• Collaborate with robotics, vision and ML teams to translate research into production-ready components.
• Prototype and evaluate end-to-end pipelines for embodied AI applications.

Skills

Robotics software

Computer vision

VLMs/multimodal models

Python + ML/deep learning

Embodied AI systems

Job description

Robotics Software Researcher | Physical AI

I’m hiring a Robotics Software Researcher for a well-funded frontier AI startup building at the intersection of multimodal AI, robotics and real-time intelligent systems.

The team has developed cutting-edge real-time voice AI, solving difficult problems around multimodal understanding and agents that perceive and respond to dynamic environments.

Now, they’re taking that research into the physical world.

The Role

You’ll join a new team focused on robotics and physical AI, working across robotics software, computer vision, VLMs and multimodal models to take research from experimentation through to real-world systems.

Looking for:

• Strong robotics software and engineering fundamentals
• Experience with computer vision, VLMs or multimodal models
• Strong Python + ML/deep learning experience
• Ability to implement and experiment with cutting-edge research
• Experience building real-world robotic or embodied AI systems

Backed by leading AI investors, major technology companies and prominent startup accelerators, this is an opportunity to join early and help build a physical AI research direction from the ground up.