Senior Research Engineer, Physical AI & Geometry Systems

Tri; Los Altos (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 258,750; Full time

Job summary

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is on a mission to advance AI, robotics, and materials science to improve human life. We seek a Senior Research Engineer to design pipelines for training and evaluation, with a focus on geometry processing and scalable software systems.

You will bridge software engineering and research to translate cutting-edge ideas into robust, production‑quality implementations in a team that shapes TRI’s future of design and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• MS or equivalent in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• Proven track record shipping reliable software systems across full stack of research projects.
• Experience with computational geometry, CAD/CAM, or graphics systems and 3D geometry processing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust pipelines for model training and evaluation with emphasis on reliability, scalability, and researcher productivity.
• Develop tools to measure and improve model performance across accuracy, generalization, and efficiency.
• Collaborate with researchers to translate techniques into production-ready implementations.
• Build high‑performance systems for geometry manipulation and modeling, including CAD/CAM integration.
• Contribute to shared infrastructure with strong code quality, testing, and documentation.

Skills

Software engineering

Computational geometry

3D geometry processing

GPU-accelerated pipelines

Machine learning basics

Research collaboration

Education

MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CAD/CAM systems

MuJoCo

Taichi

GPU programming

Job description

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is on a mission to advance AI, robotics, and materials science to improve human life. We seek a Senior Research Engineer to design pipelines for training and evaluation, with a focus on geometry processing and scalable software systems.

You will bridge software engineering and research to translate cutting-edge ideas into robust, production‑quality implementations in a team that shapes TRI’s future of design and manufacturing.