Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Dynamic Creatures; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

Visa sponsorship may be available

Job summary

Dynamic Creatures, Cambridge, MA, is seeking a leader to drive research into shipped product capabilities at the intersection of robotics and multimodal learning. You will guide projects from framing to product launches, designing and training models for perception, behavior, or interaction, and collaborating with engineering to deploy solutions.

Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent experience, a strong publication record, and experience translating research into real products, with

Qualifications

• PhD in ML, robotics, CS, or equivalent experience.
• Strong publication record at top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, or CVPR.
• Hands-on experience training large models end-to-end.
• Track record of translating research into real products.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from problem framing through to product.
• Design and train models for perception, behavior, or interaction.
• Collaborate with engineering to deploy research into product.
• Mentor other researchers and engineers.

Skills

Research leadership

Model training

Product translation

Mentoring

Education

PhD in ML/robotics/CS

Tools

Large-model training

Job description

Location: Cambridge, MA

Manager: Software Engineering Lead

The Gist

You'll woek at the intersection of robotics, multimodal learning, and human-robot interaction, turning research wins into shipped product capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Lead projects from problem framing through to product
• Design and train models for perception, behavior, or interaction
• Collaborate with engineering to deploy research into product
• Mentor other researchers and engineers

What We’re Looking For

Must-haves:

• PhD in ML, robotics, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong publication record at top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, or CVPR
• Hands-on experience training large models end-to-end
• Track record of translating research into real products

About Us

Dynamic Creatures is a robotics company designing and building interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality brands. We are creating a new category of mobile characters that move naturally through guest environments, understand the context of an interaction and respond in real time. Dynamic Creatures offers character-based experiences built on Boston Dynamics and other systems, as well as fully original robots created for a specific brand, environment or story. As Boston Dynamics’ official entertainment and hospitality partner, the company works with entertainment companies to develop guest-facing character experiences designed to feel personal, attentive, and memorable. Dynamic Creatures was co-founded by CEO Marc Theermann, former chief strategy officer at Boston Dynamics and a former senior leader at Google, and chief technology officer Farbod Farshidian, a globally recognized robotics researcher and former research leader at the Robotics and AI Institute.

Additional Information

• This role is in-person in Cambridge, MA five days per week.
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, PTO
• Visa sponsorship may be available for this role.