Senior Research Scientist- Robotics AI

Bosch USA; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health coverage

401(k) with matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Bosch USA in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Research Scientist- Robotics AI to advance embodied and cyber-physical AI for manufacturing, logistics, and automation. You will drive research in computer vision, autonomous navigation, and manipulation within Bosch’s smart manufacturing ecosystem.

Collaborating with global teams, you will push state-of-the-art multimodal models, ensure seamless transfer from simulation to real-world shop-floor hardware, and contribute to publications and patents while

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in CS, Robotics or related field or Master’s with ≥2/4 years post-graduate R&D experience.
• At least 5 years of R&D experience in AI including CV and robotics.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, or Rust.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
• Knowledge of TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Hands-on RL experience with PPO, DQN, or DDPG.
• Strong publications in ML, DL, robotics or CV.

Responsibilities

• Conduct AI/ML research to enable industrial embodied AI for manufacturing, logistics and materials handling.
• Advance large vision-language-action models for real-time factory reasoning and multi-robot coordination.
• Collaborate with global teams to transfer technology from simulation to shop-floor hardware and systems integration.
• Implement research results into high-reliability industrial automation and smart manufacturing platforms.
• Engage with manufacturing tech consortia and automation communities.
• Publish findings in journals, white papers, and contribute to foundational patent submissions.

Skills

Python

C++

Rust

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Reinforcement Learning

Education

PhD in CS/Robotics

MS with 2–4 years post-grad R&D

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Multimodal Transformers

Job description

Company Description

The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Massachusetts is a part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70 billion euro revenue, 400,000 employees worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history spanning over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is dedicated to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence, energy technologies, internet technologies, circuit design, semiconductors and wireless, as well as advanced MEMS design.

Company Description

The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Massachusetts is a part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70 billion euro revenue, 400,000 employees worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history spanning over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is dedicated to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence, energy technologies, internet technologies, circuit design, semiconductors and wireless, as well as advanced MEMS design. As a part of the global research, our AI research in Silicon Valley focuses on Foundation Models, Big Data Visual Analytics, Explainable AI (XAI), Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision & Mixed Reality, Cloud Robotics, Data Science, AI System Engineering, Time-series Analysis. We develop scalable, intelligent, and trustworthy AIoT solutions for Bosch products and services in application areas such as automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, smart manufacturing, enterprise AI, health care, smart home and building solutions. Originating from the AI research in Silicon Valley, our Intelligent Autonomous Systems group is responsible for enabling future autonomous Bosch products by pushing the boundaries of automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics and automation through key innovations that encompass system architecture and AI components. These include methods for motion planning, high level task planning and decision making as well as systems for making these technologies work on real products by building frameworks that take advantage of technologies in the field of reliable distributed computing. We work with internal partners of different Bosch business units to transfer our solutions into future products. We also actively collaborate with leading groups in academia and industry to promote research ideas and publish research findings in internationally renowned conferences and journals such as CVPR, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS and CoRL.

Job Description

As a Senior Research Scientist- Robotics AI, you contribute to research projects at the forefront of the Embodied and Cyber-physical AI industry. Key responsibilities include:

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research and engineering in core AI and machine learning fields to enable industrial embodied AI—including computer vision, autonomous navigation, and adaptive manipulation—specifically for manufacturing, shop-floor automation, logistics, and material handling domains.
• Push the boundaries in industrial robotics by incorporating advancements in large vision-language-action models to enhance real-time factory reasoning, multi-robot coordination, and operational safety.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with global manufacturing engineering, plant operations, and product development teams to ensure seamless technology transfer from simulation to physical shop-floor hardware and systems integration.
• Implement research results to solve complex, real-world industrial challenges, ensuring high-reliability system integration within Bosch’s smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 platforms (such as APAS and active production environments).
• Stay at the forefront of industrial innovation by actively engaging with manufacturing technology consortia, automation communities, and specialized conferences focused on industrial robotics and factory automation.
• Document and disseminate research findings through high-caliber publications, industry white papers, and/or foundational patent submissions tailored to industrial automation and robotics.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics or a related discipline or Master's degree with >= 2/4 years industry experience after graduation.
• A minimum of 5 years of R&D experience, or an equivalent graduate research background, primarily in AI technologies including Computer Vision and Robotic or Automotive Motion and Behavioral Planning.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages commonly used in machine learning (e.g., Python, C++, Rust).
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork capabilities.
• Knowledge of major machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Hands‑on experience in reinforcement learning for behavior or motion planning or other applicable contexts and familiarity with common RL techniques (e.g. PPO, DQN, DDPG).
• A strong portfolio of publications in premier machine learning, deep learning, robotics and computer vision journals and conferences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with real-world product development and deployment of autonomous systems.
• Hands‑on experience building and applying multimodal transformer-based sequence‑to‑sequence models, especially multimodal vision‑language‑action models.
• Hands‑on experience in computer vision and deep learning, with work in any of the following areas: multimodal transformers, multimodal language models, diffusion models, NeRF, gaussian splatting, object detection / segmentation, 3D scene understanding, sensor calibration, SfM, voxel/BEV grid‑based feature representation.

Additional Information

We offer a competitive base salary for this position with a range in US-California of --$185,000 - $215,000 along with an annual corporate bonus, and a long-term incentive bonus designed to reward sustained impact and contribution over time. Within the salary range, the individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, job location, etc.

Your well-being matters at Bosch! We offer a a benefits package designed to empower you in every area of your life. This includes premium health coverage, a 401(k) with generous matching, resources for financial planning and goal setting, ample paid time off, parental leave, and comprehensive life and disability protection. Your Recruiter can share more details for this position during the interview process.

Learn more about our full benefits offerings by visiting: https://www.myboschbenefits.com/public/welcome.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans.

• Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.