Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
The role We are looking for a Principal Roboticist to join the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team within Wayve Labs as a founding member. MEGA is building foundation models for general-purpose robots beyond se…
Skills: Robotics, Robot Manipulation, C++, Python, ROS
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing …
Skills: Robot manipulation, C++, Python, ROS, ROS2
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$184k–$240k/yr
About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing …
Skills: Robotics, Robot manipulation, C++, Python, Machine learning
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$184k–$240k/yr
About the role We are looking for a Roboticist to join the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team within Wayve Labs as a founding member. MEGA is building foundation models for general-purpose robots beyond self-d…
Skills: Robot manipulation, C++, Python, Robotics, Machine learning
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$154k–$217k/yr
Reality Labs (RL) is bringing Meta's vision to life through virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and wearable technology. Meeting the demanding compute and power efficiency needs of these products requires purpo…
Skills: Machine Learning, Hardware Acceleration, Computer Vision, System Architecture, Model Compression
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$175k–$275k/yr
Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale …
Skills: RTL Design, ASIC Vendor Management, Front End Chip Integration, High Speed IO, TCP/IP
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$129k–$218k/yr
Company Description It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in r…
Skills: Regulatory Affairs, Medical Device Regulations, FDA 510(k), Health Canada, EU MDR
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
Apple builds products that enrich lives, and at the heart of those experiences is world-class software. The Sensing Software team is seeking an outstanding Software Architect to help drive the software development and ar…
Skills: Software Architecture, iOS, WatchOS, System Design, Performance Optimization
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$370k–$419k/yr
The Role We are looking for a Research Scientist to join the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team within Wayve Science as a founding member. MEGA is building foundation models for general-purpose robots beyond n…
Skills: Machine learning, Vision-language models, Video models, Robot policies, Foundation models
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$192k–$260k/yr
We are seeking a Sr. Applied Scientist to focus on Robot Navigation. In this role, you'll research and develop advanced navigation systems that enable robots to move reliably and safely through complex, dynamic environme…
Skills: Robot navigation, Python, C++, Sim-to-real transfer, Machine learning
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$407k–$512k/yr
The Role We are looking for a Principal Research Scientist to join the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team within Wayve Science as a founding member. MEGA is building foundation models for general-purpose robot…
Skills: Machine learning, Vision-language models, Video models, Robot policies, Foundation models
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$167k–$260k/yr
Robots are about to step out of the movies and into our homes. If you're excited about this robotics revolution, come join Amazon's Fauna Robotics. As an Applied Scientist in this org, you'll push the state-of-the-art te…
Skills: Robotics, Machine learning, Deep learning, Reinforcement learning, Perception
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$110k–$286k/yr
Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary: The Staff Data Scientist will leverage data science methodologies, data engineering technique and strong coding skills to deliver actionable insights that support strate…
Skills: Predictive analytics, Machine learning, Statistical hypothesis testing, Python, Matplotlib
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
The Video Computer Vision (VCV) organization is an applied research and engineering team developing real-time, on-device Computer Vision and Machine Perception technologies across Apple products. Within VCV, our team bui…
Skills: Multimodal Reasoning, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, LLM
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$170k–$200k/yr
Company Description We Are Bosch. At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our o…
Skills: Molecular diagnostics, Biosensing, Microfluidics, Electrochemical sensing, Soft electronics
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$150k–$170k/yr
Company Description We Are Bosch. At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our o…
Skills: Molecular diagnostics, Biosensing, Microfluidics, Electrochemical sensing, Soft electronics
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$370k–$419k/yr
About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing …
Skills: Machine learning, Vision-language models, Video models, Robot policies, Foundation models
Sunnyvale, California, United States · Hybrid
$407k–$512k/yr
About us Founded in 2017, Wayve is the leading developer of Embodied AI technology. Our advanced AI software and foundation models enable vehicles to perceive, understand, and navigate any complex environment, enhancing …
Skills: Machine learning, Vision-language models, Video models, Robot policies, Foundation models
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$157k–$257k/yr
Imagine being part of a team that is fundamentally changing the way people communicate, collaborate, watch TV, and explore the universe through the internet. Utilizing Nokia’s uniquely differentiated technology, we have …
Skills: SiGe ASIC, Device characterization, Vector Network Analyzers, PNA, S-parameter measurements
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$117k–$234k/yr
Position Summary... What you'll do...Role summary: The Senior Data Scientist leads the development of advanced machine learning solutions that power Search relevance, Personalization, and customer discovery experiences. …
Skills: Machine learning, Deep learning, NLP, Generative AI, Python
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You will build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware platforms while developing software for control, planning, and policy deployment. Additionally, you will collaborate with research teams to shape data collection, model evaluation, and the robotics data flywheel.
Candidates must have 5+ years of relevant industry experience with a strong background in robot manipulation, hardware, and programming in C++ or Python. A PhD or Master's degree in a relevant field is preferred, along with a track record of high-quality research or engineering in robotics.
We are looking for a Principal Roboticist to join the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team within Wayve Labs as a founding member.
MEGA is building foundation models for general-purpose robots beyond self-driving vehicles. Our focus is on creating intelligent agents that can perceive, reason, move and manipulate the physical world across diverse embodiments, including mobile manipulators, dual-arm platforms and humanoids.
This is a senior, high-impact role with genuine 0→1 ownership. You will help define the research agenda, technical strategy and foundations of a new robotics program, working alongside world-class researchers in foundation models, embodied intelligence and large-scale machine learning.
You will have the opportunity to work across the entire robot stack: you will select, build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware; develop the software needed to deploy and test robot policies; and work closely with research teams to shape data collection, model evaluation, and the learning loop. The goal is work on compelling and publishable research, but also to turn it into systems that demonstrate increasingly general, robust and useful behavior in the physical world.
You will collaborate closely with researchers, ML engineers, roboticists and hardware teams to move ambitious ideas rapidly from research hypotheses to large-scale experiments and impressive real-world capabilities.
This is a rare opportunity to help build a general robotics effort from the ground up—combining frontier foundation-model research with the immediacy and complexity of intelligence embodied in real machines.
Build, integrate, and maintain robot hardware platforms for research and experimentation.
Develop and maintain robot software in C++ and Python, including control, planning, ROS/ROS2-based systems, and deployment infrastructure.
Create infrastructure for policy deployment, data collection, evaluation, and the robotics data flywheel.
Run real-world robot experiments and define data collection pilots that inform model development.
Collaborate with research teams on robot policy development, model evaluation, and data strategy.
Debug and troubleshoot robotic software, hardware, and policy failures.
Build robust deployment, regression, and validation tests for robot systems.
Help shape technical direction across robotics, ML, hardware, and experimentation.
Experience in robot manipulation; working with robot hardware.
Experience leading robotics efforts.
Strong programming experience in C++ and/or Python.
Experience with robot software systems such as control, planning, ROS, or ROS2.
Experience in Machine Learning is welcome, in particular training and deploying learned robot policies.
A track record of high-quality research or engineering work in robotics, embodied AI, or related areas.
Publications in top-tier conferences such as ICRA, CoRL, or IROS are highly valued.
PhD preferred; Master's degree with equivalent experience also welcome.
5+ years of relevant industry experience.
You enjoy working hands-on with real robots and are comfortable debugging across hardware, software, and ML systems.
You can move between research exploration and pragmatic engineering execution.
You have strong judgement around experiment design, data quality, and model evaluation.
You communicate clearly across research, engineering, and product teams.
You are excited by 0→1 ownership and ambiguity in a fast-moving research environment.
Be part of a new, well-resourced initiative at the intersection of foundation models and robotics.
Work on generalist robot models and help build the systems that allow them to learn from real-world interaction.
Operate at serious scale with real robots, real data, and meaningful technical challenges.
Influence the full stack from ML research to hardware, deployment, and evaluation.
Join a research environment with space to innovate, publish, and define the future of embodied AI.
This role is based in our Sunnyvale office and involves working closely with robotic lab infrastructure.
At Wayve, we’re building a global driving intelligence that learns from data and scales across different vehicles and geographies. Founded in 2017, we have pioneered an end-to-end AI approach to autonomous driving that is faster to deploy, more flexible by design and built to scale. We deliver all levels of autonomy, from hands-off and eyes-off driving, to robotaxis. We license and integrate the Wayve AI Driver as a vehicle-agnostic software platform that runs entirely on onboard vehicle compute and native sensors. Wayve is the first and only AV company to test a single global AI Driver model across more than 500 cities in Europe, North America and Japan. We’re building autonomy for anyone, in any vehicle, anywhere.
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