Research Scientist Jobs in the United States
43 jobs found
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Senior Applied Scientist, Human-Robot Interaction
$184k-249k/year
Full-time
MentorshipTechnical LeadershipIndustrial RoboticsGenerative AI / LLMsImitation LearningReinforcement LearningSensors & InstrumentationJAXNumPyPyTorch
Lead Data Scientist - Autonomous Goal Management
$142k-196k/year
Full-time
Technical LeadershipAutonomous SystemsGenerative AI / LLMsReinforcement LearningJAXPyTorchPythonSQL
Founding Research Scientist, Robot Learning
$225k-300k/year
Full-time
MentorshipTechnical LeadershipSim-to-real transferVision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)Imitation LearningReinforcement LearningJAXPyTorchC++Python
Senior Computer Vision/AI Scientist
$125k-201k/year
Full-time
DevOps & CloudComputer VisionMLOpsNavigation & MappingPyTorchTensorFlowTensorRTC++PythonNVIDIA Isaac Sim
Senior Research Scientist - Robotics AI
$185k-215k/year
Full-time
Autonomous SystemsADASGenerative AI / LLMsComputer VisionPath PlanningReinforcement LearningPyTorchTensorFlowC++Python
Research Scientist - Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
$165k-185k/year
Full-time
Autonomous SystemsVision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)ADASComputer VisionPath PlanningReinforcement LearningPyTorchTensorFlowC++Python
Senior AI Research Scientist, Robotics & Embodied AI
$230k-270k/year
Full-time
Generative AI / LLMsSim-to-real transferArtificial IntelligenceComputer VisionImitation LearningIndustrial RoboticsReinforcement LearningPyTorchC++Python
Ph.D. Research Autonomous Vehicles
$38 - $94/hour
Internship
Computer VisionImitation LearningPerceptionReinforcement LearningSensor FusionSimulation & Digital TwinsVerification & ValidationVision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)PyTorchTensorFlow
Ph.D. Research Robotics Intern
$38 - $94/hour
Internship
Path PlanningPerceptionReinforcement LearningSim-to-real transferVision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)JAXPyTorchTensorFlowC++Python
Robotics Research Engineer - Robot Simulation and Evaluation
$184k-357k/year
Full-time
Technical LeadershipImitation LearningReinforcement LearningGenerative AI / LLMsJAXPyTorchPythonCUDAIsaac LabNVIDIA Omniverse
Robotics Research Intern - Post-Training
$45 - $65/hour
Internship
Generative AI / LLMsPath PlanningSim-to-real transferImitation LearningReinforcement LearningPyTorchPython
AI Research Scientist, Physical AI
$184k-257k/year
Full-time
Embedded SystemsAutonomous SystemsComputer VisionGenerative AI / LLMsMotion ControlReinforcement LearningSimulation & Digital TwinsPyTorchTensorFlowC++
Computational Scientist, Metal Additive Manufacturing
$141k-176k/year
Full-time
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)PyTorchscikit-learnTensorFlowC++Python
Tactile AI Research Engineer - Special Projects (Robotics)
Full-time
Path PlanningSoftware EngineeringPyTorchTensorFlowC++PythonIsaac LabMuJoCo
Senior AI Research Scientist - Time-Series Foundational Models
$165k-195k/year
Full-time
MentorshipADASPyTorchPythonGitLiDARRadar
Research Engineer/Scientist (Robot Learning)
$250k-350k/year
Full-time
MentorshipVision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)Imitation LearningIndustrial RoboticsReinforcement LearningSim-to-real transferPyTorchC++Python
AI Research Scientist - Multimodal Foundational Models
$165k-195k/year
Full-time
MentorshipADASPyTorchPythonGit
Research Scientist, ML H-W/S-W Codesign
$154k-217k/year
Full-time
Computer VisionGenerative AI / LLMsMachine LearningPyTorchTensorFlowC++Python
Senior Robotics Research Scientist
$192k-357k/year
Full-time
MentorshipTechnical LeadershipSim-to-real transferVision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)Imitation LearningMotion ControlPath PlanningPerceptionReinforcement LearningJAX
Assistant Scientist – AI for Autonomous Synthesis and Multimodal Characterization
$94k-147k/year
Full-time
Industrial RoboticsReinforcement LearningJAXPyTorchscikit-learnTensorFlowPython
Market Insight for Research Scientist Jobs in the United States
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