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Research + Modeling

Mind Robotics · Palo Alto, California

Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
Employment
Full time
Posted
7 months ago

About this role

The Role

At Mind Robotics, we’re building generalized physical AI - robotic systems capable of dexterous, adaptive, and reasoning-intensive work in real-world industrial environments. Our models sit at the core of this effort, bridging cutting-edge foundation model techniques with real-world robotic execution.

We’re looking for a Research & Modeling Engineer to build and train the core models that power our systems, and ensure they perform reliably on real robots in production environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and run large-scale training pipelines for multimodal / VLA systems

  • Own the full loop: data → training → evaluation → deployment on real robots

  • Develop scalable infrastructure for data ingestion, training, and iteration

  • Translate model outputs into reliable, high-performance robotic actions

  • Work hands-on with robots to debug, iterate, and improve behavior

  • Define data strategy (quality, scale, diversity) and evaluation frameworks

  • Continuously improve performance across real-world tasks and environments

Qualifications

  • Built and trained large-scale models (LLMs, VLMs, or robotics foundation models)

  • Deep understanding of modern ML, training dynamics, and optimization at scale

  • Experience with distributed systems and data pipelines for large-scale training

  • Comfortable operating end-to-end: from data → model → real-world deployment (incl. robots)

  • Domain strength in at least one: robotics, VLA systems, or training LLMs/VLMs from scratch

  • Strong Python skills

Nice to Have

  • Experience with dexterous manipulation or complex robotic tasks

  • Experience deploying models in real-world, production environments

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Skills this posting mentions

Artificial IntelligenceRoboticsData Engineering

About Mind Robotics

Mind Robotics is building the generalized physical intelligence required to solve the world’s most demanding industrial challenges. We believe the path to general-purpose robotics begins where the need is most acute and the environment is most structured: the factory floor.

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