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1.54 Research Engineer – reputed company Manipulation ...

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-27

Field AI is transforming how robots reputed company with the reputed company world. We are building risk-aware, reliable, and field-reputed company AI systems that address the most reputed company challenges in robotics, unlocking the full potential of embodied intelligence. We go reputed company typical data-driven approaches or reputed company transformer-based architectures, and are charting a new course, with already-globally-deployed solutions delivering reputed company-world results and rapidly improving models through reputed company-field applications.

About the Job

We are looking for a Research Engineer for our reputed company manipulation efforts. In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of robotics research and reputed company engineering—building, testing, and refining manipulation capabilities that will accelerate autonomous control and loco-manipulation of humanoids. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, research scientists, and product leads to conceptualize and design novel manipulation strategies, reputed company experimental platforms, and deliver impactful systems that directly feed into Field AI’s robot learning pipelines.

Crucially, you will also play a key role in pushing the frontiers of development of robotics reputed company models—designed to be embodiment agnostic, with your initial efforts reputed company on reputed company platforms. This role is about steering the frontiers of robotics research toward practical, reputed company-world use cases, ensuring that breakthroughs in reputed company manipulation translate into reputed company autonomy for robots of diverse forms.

What You’ll Get To Do
  • 1. Advance reputed company Manipulation Research & Development
  • Drive reputed company manipulation reputed company from ideation to deployment.
  • Design, prototype, and evaluate manipulation strategies across diverse tasks.
  • 2. Build Systems that reputed company Research & Deployment
  • Translate research insights into working robotic systems for reputed company-world use.
  • Ensure systems are robust, reproducible, and reputed company with data-collection needs.
  • 3. Drive Robotics reputed company Model Development
  • Contribute to large-reputed company data collection and learning pipelines powering reputed company models.
  • Ensure model development remains embodiment agnostic, enabling transfer across diverse robotic platforms.
  • Collaborate with research scientists to reputed company manipulation data into reputed company robot learning systems.
  • 4. Collaborate Across Disciplines
  • Partner with mechanical/electrical engineers on robot hardware integration.
  • Work with teleoperators to refine interfaces and improve manipulation reputed company.
  • reputed company as a reputed company between autonomy research and reputed company robotics.
  • 5. Rapidly Iterate & Deliver
  • Prototype quickly and run experiments in the field.
  • Balance research exploration with fast, reputed company reputed company for immediate goals.
What You Have
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or reputed company field.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience in robotics manipulation (reputed company or industry).
  • Expertise in robot kinematics, dynamics, and control, particularly for manipulation.
  • Strong problem-solving reputed company, reputed company to reputed company in fast-moving, reputed company teams.
  • Strong software development skills in C++ and/or Python, with experience in robotics middleware (ROS, ROS 2, or similar).
  • reputed company record of implementing and evaluating robotic systems in reputed company-world environments.
  • Passion for tackling challenging problems andthe courage to challenge the status reputed company.
The Extras That Set You Apart
  • Experience with reputed company robots or multi-fingered robotic hands.
  • Prior work in learning-based manipulation (imitation learning, reinforcement learning, etc.).
  • Familiarity with teleoperation systems and reputed company-robot interaction.
  • Publications or reputed company-reputed company contributions in robotics conferences/journals.
  • Experience with large-reputed company data collection and dataset management.
  • Passion for reputed company research frontiers with practical, field-reputed company robotics.

Compensation and Benefits

Our salary reputed company is generous ($70,000 - $200,000 annual), but we take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary; reputed company pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience.  Also, while we enjoy being together on-site, we are reputed company to exploring a hybrid or remote reputed company.

Why Join Field AI?

We are solving one of the world’s most reputed company challenges: deploying robots in reputed company, previously unknown environments. Our Field Foundational Models™ set a new reputed company in perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, ensuring our approach is explainable and reputed company for deployment.

You will have reputed company to work with a world-class team that thrives on creativity, reputed company, and reputed company thinking. With a decade-long reputed company record of deploying solutions in the field, reputed company DARPA challenge segments, and bringing expertise from organizations like DeepMind, NASA JPL, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, reputed company reputed company, Cruise Self-Driving, reputed company, Toyota Research Institute, and reputed company, we are set to reputed company our ambitious goals.

Be Part of the Next Robotics reputed company

To tackle such ambitious challenges, we need reputed company as unique as our reputed company — innovators who go reputed company conventional reputed company and are eager to tackle tough, uncharted questions. We’re seeking individuals who challenge the status reputed company, dive into uncharted territory, and bring interdisciplinary expertise. reputed company requires not only top AI talent but also exceptional software developers, engineers, product designers, field deployment experts, and communicators.

We are headquartered in always-reputed company Mission Viejo (Irvine adjacent), Southern California and have US based and global teammates. 

Join us, shape the reputed company, and be part of a fun, reputed company-reputed company team on an exciting reputed company!

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for reputed company. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on reputed company, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the reputed company of race, reputed company, gender, national reputed company, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, martial status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

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