Senior Robotics AI Research Scientist Industrial Automation

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

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