Vision-Language Robotics Research Engineer

xdof.ai; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits

Collaborative and fast-paced work environment

Job summary

xdof.ai in San Mateo is seeking a Mid Level to Senior Research Scientist to spearhead efforts in vision-language models and robot learning. This role involves designing innovative pipelines to transform video data into effective training data for advanced models, driving research to optimize robot data utility, and collaborating with partner labs to ensure data quality impacts policy performance.

The ideal candidate will possess an MS or PhD in a relevant field, offered in a dynamic environment with competitive compensation and health benefits.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of research experience in vision-language models or related fields.
• Demonstrated impact in video representation learning or generative modeling.
• Ability to design clean systems beyond just running experiments.

Responsibilities

• Design vision-language pipelines for video data.
• Evaluate representations bridging visual perception and robot action.
• Collaborate with partner labs on data requirements.
• Stay current on related research to enhance production systems.

Skills

Fluency in PyTorch

Research experience in vision-language models

Knowledge of large-scale training infrastructure

Strong engineering fundamentals

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning

Job description

xdof.ai in San Mateo is seeking a Mid Level to Senior Research Scientist to spearhead efforts in vision-language models and robot learning. This role involves designing innovative pipelines to transform video data into effective training data for advanced models, driving research to optimize robot data utility, and collaborating with partner labs to ensure data quality impacts policy performance.

The ideal candidate will possess an MS or PhD in a relevant field, offered in a dynamic environment with competitive compensation and health benefits.