Jobs and Careers
TO
Staff Robot Software, Large Behavior Models
Toyota Research InstituteUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Aug 2025
💰 $360,000/yr($240,000/yr – $360,000/yr)
About the role
At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we’ve built a world-class team in Automated Driving, Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human-Interactive Driving, Large Behavior Models, and Robotics.
The MissionMake general-purpose robots a reality.
The ChallengeWe envision a future where robots assist with household chores and cooking, aid the older population in maintaining their independence, and enable people to spend more time on the activities they enjoy most. To achieve this, robots need to be able to operate reliably in messy, unstructured environments. Our mission is to answer the question “What will it take to create truly general-purpose robots that can accomplish a wide variety of tasks in settings like human homes with minimal human supervision?”. We believe that the answer lies in cultivating large-scale datasets of physical interaction from a variety of sources and building on the latest advances in machine learning to learn general-purpose robot behaviors from this data.
Robotics At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this ground-breaking shift in mobility, we’ve built an extraordinary team in Automated Driving, Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human-Interactive Driving, Large Behavior Models, and Robotics.
The MissionMake general-purpose robots a reality.
The ChallengeWe envision a future where robots assist with household chores and cooking, aid the older population in maintaining their independence, and enable people to spend more time on the activities they enjoy most. To achieve this, robots need to be able to operate reliably in messy, unstructured environments. Our mission is to answer the question “What will it take to create truly general-purpose robots that can accomplish a wide variety of tasks in settings like human homes with minimal human supervision?”. We believe that the answer lies in cultivating large-scale datasets of physical interaction from a variety of sources and building on the latest advances in machine learning to learn general-purpose robot behaviors from this data.
RoboticsThe mission of TRI Robotics is to invent and prove new robotic capabilities required to enable home robots to solve the challenges faced by an aging society. As part of that mission, we are developing a sophisticated suite of open source robotics software called Drake (https://drake.mit.edu (https://drake.mit.edu/) (https://drake.mit.edu/) (https://drake.mit.edu/))), for use in our internal robotics projects and the wider community of advanced robotics researchers.
The TeamJoin Toyota Research Institute’s LBM-C division to change the world by creating and shipping useful general-purpose AI-driven robots. Within this division, the hardware team's mission is building a highly scalable fleet of robots capable of performing the same general mobile manipulation tasks as humans, in human-like ways and at human-like speeds, via shared autonomy. Join us to build the future of general-purpose physical automation.
The Opportunity We're looking for a driven and hands-on technical leader who will architect and build our next-generation software stack powering our general-purpose humanoid robots. This is a deeply technical role for someone passionate about driving technical excellence and leads by example writing and reviewing production code, designing and debugging complex systems, and mentoring engineers.
The MissionMake general-purpose robots a reality.
The ChallengeWe envision a future where robots assist with household chores and cooking, aid the older population in maintaining their independence, and enable people to spend more time on the activities they enjoy most. To achieve this, robots need to be able to operate reliably in messy, unstructured environments. Our mission is to answer the question “What will it take to create truly general-purpose robots that can accomplish a wide variety of tasks in settings like human homes with minimal human supervision?”. We believe that the answer lies in cultivating large-scale datasets of physical interaction from a variety of sources and building on the latest advances in machine learning to learn general-purpose robot behaviors from this data.
Robotics At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this ground-breaking shift in mobility, we’ve built an extraordinary team in Automated Driving, Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human-Interactive Driving, Large Behavior Models, and Robotics.
The MissionMake general-purpose robots a reality.
The ChallengeWe envision a future where robots assist with household chores and cooking, aid the older population in maintaining their independence, and enable people to spend more time on the activities they enjoy most. To achieve this, robots need to be able to operate reliably in messy, unstructured environments. Our mission is to answer the question “What will it take to create truly general-purpose robots that can accomplish a wide variety of tasks in settings like human homes with minimal human supervision?”. We believe that the answer lies in cultivating large-scale datasets of physical interaction from a variety of sources and building on the latest advances in machine learning to learn general-purpose robot behaviors from this data.
RoboticsThe mission of TRI Robotics is to invent and prove new robotic capabilities required to enable home robots to solve the challenges faced by an aging society. As part of that mission, we are developing a sophisticated suite of open source robotics software called Drake (https://drake.mit.edu (https://drake.mit.edu/) (https://drake.mit.edu/) (https://drake.mit.edu/))), for use in our internal robotics projects and the wider community of advanced robotics researchers.
The TeamJoin Toyota Research Institute’s LBM-C division to change the world by creating and shipping useful general-purpose AI-driven robots. Within this division, the hardware team's mission is building a highly scalable fleet of robots capable of performing the same general mobile manipulation tasks as humans, in human-like ways and at human-like speeds, via shared autonomy. Join us to build the future of general-purpose physical automation.
The Opportunity We're looking for a driven and hands-on technical leader who will architect and build our next-generation software stack powering our general-purpose humanoid robots. This is a deeply technical role for someone passionate about driving technical excellence and leads by example writing and reviewing production code, designing and debugging complex systems, and mentoring engineers.
Responsibilities
- Architect & Build the Core Stack: Design and implement a high-performance robot software stack including real-time control loops, middleware, networking, high-throughput logging pipelines, and immersive teleoperation interfaces. Make informed high-velocity technical decisions under uncertainty.
- Own End-to-End Technical Execution: Take complex robotics problems from concept to customer deployment. Debug challenging integration issues, optimize performance bottlenecks, and ensure our robots work reliably at the edge of their physical capabilities.
- Technical Leadership Through Doing: Mentor engineers by pairing on code, conducting design reviews
Apply for this role
Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.
Apply Now →Generate Application KitFree account required — sign up in 30s