Robotics Software Researcher: Physical AI for Real‑World Robots

Acceler8 Talent; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Software Researcher to drive robotics software and physical AI initiatives, bridging multimodal AI, real-time intelligent systems, and real-world deployments.

You'll work across robotics software, computer vision, VLMs and multimodal models to take research from experimentation through to production, collaborating with world-class investors and startups.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Develop robotics software for physical AI initiatives.
• Bridge research into real-world robotic deployments.
• Collaborate across CV, ML and robotics teams to operationalize findings.
• Work in a fast-paced frontier AI startup environment.

Skills

Robotics software fundamentals

Computer vision

VLMs / multimodal models

Python + ML/deep learning

Real-world robotic / embodied AI

Experimentation with cutting-edge res.

Job description

Acceler8 Talent in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Software Researcher to drive robotics software and physical AI initiatives, bridging multimodal AI, real-time intelligent systems, and real-world deployments.

You'll work across robotics software, computer vision, VLMs and multimodal models to take research from experimentation through to production, collaborating with world-class investors and startups.