Founding Research Scientist
You will lead research into robot learning, world models, and VLA systems, working with real robotic hardware and modern deep learning techniques. You will define the research strategy for a Physical AI startup building intelligent machines.
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Founding Research Scientist
Help define the research agenda for one of the UK's most ambitious Physical AI startups.
Most researchers spend years contributing to someone else's roadmap. Here, you'll help create it. You'll own research direction from day one, working with real robots, publishing meaningful results and shaping the technology that underpins the next generation of intelligent machines. Based on the uploaded job specification.
What's in it for you?
Founding role with significant equity
Define research strategy from day one
Work with cutting-edge robot learning models
Run experiments on real robotic hardware
Opportunity to publish impactful research while building real products
What you'll be doing
Leading research into robot learning, world models and VLA systems
Designing evaluation frameworks for physical AI
Developing new approaches to data collection and model training
Running experiments on real robotic platforms
Publishing technical papers and helping establish the company's research reputation
What you'll bring
Research experience in machine learning, robotics or computer vision
Hands-on experience with modern deep learning techniques
Strong mathematical and experimental thinking
Experience designing and evaluating ML models
A desire to work in a highly collaborative, fast-moving startup
Publications, benchmark experience or open-source contributions would be advantageous but aren't essential.