Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
Who we are Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons. This foundational technology promises to revolutionize rob…
Skills: Partnership Management, Technical Program Management, Research Operations, Technical Account Management, Operational Rigor
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$195k–$220k/yr
Who You Are You enjoy designing and implementing secure, high performance network topologies for Internet-facing SaaS applications. You can conduct security assessments and make recommendations on networks with multiple …
Skills: Network Design, Network Security, Dell OS10, PAN Firewalls, Cloudflare
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About the Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Teleoperations Lead to oversee robotics operations teams supporting AI training, robotic testing, and commercial deployment programs. In this role, you will be responsi…
Skills: Teleoperations, Robotics Operations, Team Leadership, Operational Excellence, KPI Monitoring
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About the Role We are seeking Robot Teleoperators to support next-generation robotics and AI programs. In this role, you will remotely operate and supervise robotic systems through advanced control interfaces, helping ro…
Skills: Robot Teleoperation, Hand-Eye Coordination, Data Collection, Data Annotation, Telemetry Monitoring
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About the Role We are seeking Robotics Operations Technicians to support daily robot deployment, testing, and operational activities across a variety of robotics programs. The successful candidate will help ensure roboti…
Skills: Robotics Operations, Troubleshooting, Equipment Inspection, Data Collection, Hardware Replacement
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Us At Armadin, we're a group of engineers, researchers, and hackers on a mission to redefine what proactive security can do in the AI era. Cyberattacks are becoming autonomous and relentless and we believe defendin…
Skills: Post-Training Strategy, Fine-tuning, Preference Optimization, Reward Modeling, Reinforcement Learning
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Us At Armadin, we're a group of engineers, researchers, and hackers on a mission to redefine what proactive security can do in the AI era. Cyberattacks are becoming autonomous and relentless and we believe defendin…
Skills: Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, LLM Orchestration, Agent Frameworks, Prompting
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About the Role We are looking for Robotics AI Data Collection Operators to support the development of next-generation intelligent robotic systems. In this role, you will interact directly with robotic platforms, perform …
Skills: Teleoperation, Robotics Operation, Data Collection, Manual Dexterity, Hand-Eye Coordination
MistralPalo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
About Mistral Mistral provides full-stack AI solutions: from frontier models to developer tools, applications, and compute. We partner with enterprises tackling the hardest problems—across high-stakes industries like fin…
Skills: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Python, Rust, Go
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$116k–$145k/yr
About Us Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity s…
Skills: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Us At Armadin, we're a group of engineers, researchers, and hackers on a mission to redefine what proactive security can do in the AI era. Cyberattacks are becoming autonomous and relentless and we believe defendin…
Skills: Distributed Systems, Backend Infrastructure, Scalable Production Systems, System Architecture, Concurrency
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
To further our commitment to driving the growth of S32's portfolio companies, we are looking for Solutions Engineers who are passionate about deploying AI systems into real-world environments, partnering closely with cus…
Skills: AI Deployment, Solutions Engineering, Production Engineering, Customer Partnership, System Integration
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
$200k–$300k/yr
About Whop Whop is a financial technology company on a mission to provide the world with sustainable income. Our vision is to create the world's largest internet market, where people can create, connect, and transact all…
Skills: SQL, Python, dbt, BigQuery, Data Modeling
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Mind: Mind Robotics is building Physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting with the factory floor. We believe the hardest problems in AI are solved when researchers and engineers are hands-on with t…
Skills: Software Engineering, Edge Computing, Device Management, Sensor Orchestration, Real-time Data Pipelines
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
$85k–$192k/yr
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Skills: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js
Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site
About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. As a company, we con…
Skills: Computer architecture, Logic design, Microarchitecture, Neural network accelerator, ASIC design
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$150k–$284k/yr
The dynamics that a driver feels as lateral and longitudinal forces in a vehicle define the vehicle's DNA. Join us in developing our next-generation centralized vehicle motion control system, where we can further bridge …
Skills: Embedded Controls, Vehicle Motion Control, CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$150k–$284k/yr
The dynamics that a driver feels as lateral and longitudinal forces in a vehicle define the vehicle's DNA. Join us in developing our next-generation centralized vehicle motion control system, where we can further bridge …
Skills: Embedded Controls, Vehicle Dynamics, Functional Safety, CAN, LIN
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$150k–$284k/yr
We’re looking for a strong automotive embedded engineer to join our team and help integrate supplier software into our vehicle systems. This is a great role for someone who enjoys working across both software and systems…
Skills: Embedded Systems, Automotive Software Integration, C++, Python, CAN
Palo Alto, California, United States · Hybrid
$150k–$284k/yr
We’re looking for a strong automotive embedded engineer to join our team and help integrate supplier software into our vehicle systems. This is a great role for someone who enjoys working across both software and systems…
Skills: Embedded Systems, Automotive Software Integration, C/C++, Python, CAN
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The role serves as the operational engine for R&D and commercial partnerships, translating research requirements into concrete delivery plans. It involves managing partnership timelines, resolving bottlenecks, and acting as the primary operational point of contact for external partners.
Candidates should have a background in technical program management or research operations within long-cycle R&D environments. Strong interpersonal judgment and the ability to synthesize complex technical blockers into actionable updates are essential.
Odyssey is an AI lab pioneering general world models: causal, multimodal systems that learn to predict and interact with the world over long horizons. This foundational technology promises to revolutionize robotics, science, healthcare, education, gaming, defense, and beyond.
Odyssey’s founders previously pioneered the most complex application of physical AI: self-driving cars. They’ve now brought together a world-class research team from DeepMind, Tesla, Waymo, Meta, Apple, and Wayve, who have made significant contributions to language models (DeepMind Gemini), video models (DeepMind Veo), world models (Wayve GAIA), and autonomous systems (Tesla FSD).
Odyssey has raised significant venture capital from GV, Amazon, AMD, EQT, NVIDIA, Natural Capital, In-Q-Tel, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Guillermo Rauch, Garry Tan, Kyle Vogt, and researchers from OpenAI, DeepMind, MSL, Recursive, and Thinking Machines.
Odyssey is seeking a Research Partnership Manager to serve as the operational engine for our R&D and commercial partnerships. Working closely with Business Development and Product, you are the operational backbone, translating the requirements of our research teams and external partners into concrete delivery plans, ensuring that complex, high-stakes engagements remain on track and aligned with our strategic goals.
The right candidate will be able to manage a high-level of activity across a portfolio of high-priority strategic relationships, drive operational rigor, and serve as a connective layer across business, technical, legal, product, policy, and delivery stakeholders.
Own partnership delivery timelines, milestones, and cross-team accountabilities.
Ensure that external deliverables are complementary to internal roadmaps.
Serve as the primary operational point of contact for external partners.
Shield Research and Business Development leads from administrative friction, enabling focus on high-level strategy.
Liaising with Product and internal stakeholders, proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks between internal technical teams and external partners.
Manage a portfolio of active partnerships, maintaining rigor from onboarding through execution.
Serve as the institutional source of truth for each engagement, ensuring documentation, meeting hygiene, and alignment across diverse teams.
You own upfront diligence to define and ensure security requirements are upheld over the course of engagements.
You are an orchestrator who excels at organizing people and processes to drive results, rather than defining feature sets.
You have strong interpersonal judgment and can mediate between technical teams and external business stakeholders.
You are a systems-thinker who builds processes to prevent tasks from falling through the cracks.
You can synthesize complex research blockers into actionable status updates for Commercialization leadership.
You bring a background in technical program management, research operations, or technical account management within long-cycle R&D environments.
On a mission to empower families by helping states administer education savings accounts and microgrant programs.
Odyssey is a mission driven company that helps families easily access state funding so that they can attend the school of their choice. We do this by partnering with state agencies to administer school choice programs, such as education savings accounts (ESAs), that enable parents to pay for approved educational expenses like school tuition, tutors, technology, software, and curriculum. At Odyssey, our technology powers ESA programs that enroll more than 80,000 students and help them access more than $600 million in state funding. In the 2026-2027 school year, Odyssey will enable 235,000 students to receive more than $2 billion in school choice funding. Sitting at the intersection of tech, government, and education, Odyssey offers potential employees an immediate and substantive impact for students and families. Supported by well known investors and advisors (Katherine Boyle/A16Z/Tusk Venture Partners) Odyssey is gaining traction quickly with ample opportunity for growth. As our team expands, we are looking for top-tier talent to join our mission in driving the future of education forward. Want to join us? Get in touch at [email protected].
Offices: New York, New York, US
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