Research Scientist
Dyna Robotics · Redwood City, CA
About this role
## Research Scientist ### About Dyna Robotics Dyna Robotics builds general-purpose robots powered by a proprietary embodied AI foundation model. Our robots are already deployed with customers across multiple industries, delivering commercial-grade performance in the physical world. ### The Role As a **Research Scientist** on the **AI Research** team, you’ll own the end-to-end loop of **Embodied AI**—using large, “in-the-wild” multimodal datasets to develop models that **generalize, self-improve, and redefine what’s possible** in unstructured human environments. ### What You’ll Do - **Advance the Frontier:** Design and implement state-of-the-art robot learning algorithms (**RL, Imitation Learning, Diffusion**) for complex, high-DOF manipulation. - **VLA & Video Generation:** Architect and scale **multimodal foundation models** (**VLMs/VLAs**) and leverage generative video architectures to improve world-modeling and robot foresight. - **End-to-End Ownership:** Own the full research-to-production pipeline—from task definition and data curation to large-scale training and real-time deployment on physical hardware. - **Physical-World Evaluation:** Evaluate and iterate using the expanding robot fleet to ensure commercial-grade performance in dynamic customer environments. - **Collaborative Leadership:** Partner across **AI, Hardware, and Teleop** teams to improve **Intelligence-per-Watt**. ### What You’ll Bring - **Research Excellence:** A **PhD (preferred)** or **Master’s** in CS/Robotics with a strong publication record in top-tier venues (RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICLR). - **5+ Years of Mastery:** Deep experience in AI/robotics research, including **deploying deep learning models onto physical robots** (not just simulation). - **Generative AI Expertise:** Hands-on experience with **Vision-Language-Action (VLA)** models, **video generation**, or large-scale transformer architectures. - **Technical Stack:** Strong **Python** and **PyTorch (or JAX)**; familiarity with simulation stacks like **MuJoCo, Isaac, or Drake**. - **High-Quality Code:** Ability to write maintainable, production-ready research code that scales across GPU clusters. ### Bonus Points For - Experience founding-stage startups or leading small, elite research teams. - Deep understanding of classical robotics (**controls, state estimation**) to complement learning-based approaches. - Experience profiling and optimizing foundation models for **low-latency inference on edge devices**. ### Equal Opportunity Dyna Robotics is an **equal opportunity employer** committed to technical rigor and mutual respect. They encourage applicants who are passionate about robotics—even if you don’t meet every checklist item.
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