Senior / Staff AI Research Scientist, Foundation Models

<p><strong>Why RoboForce</strong></p> <div data-page-id="SQebduWNJoyXdvxrW44lL7ssgEf" data-lark-html-role="root" data-docx-has-block-data="false"> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-R8SQdhthJo8kHKxiTfzljrYOgug">RoboForce is an AI robotics company developing Physical AI–powered Robo-Labor for dull, dirty, and dangerous work. The company's robots are engineered for demanding industrial environments, with a focus on real-world deployment and scalability.</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-HNSvdUOCronqIhx38lrlCCUzgxe"> </div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-HNSvdUOCronqIhx38lrlCCUzgxe">We are looking for a <strong>Senior / Staff AI Research Scientist, Foundation Models</strong> to advance robotic embodied intelligence. In this role, you will develop algorithms that enable robots to understand their environment, interpret and execute tasks, and communicate seamlessly with humans — with a particular focus on building and training world models that allow robots to predict, plan, and generalize across complex physical tasks.</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-EMPGdgIb7ozycZx2LjplUgyzgLd"> </div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-EMPGdgIb7ozycZx2LjplUgyzgLd"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div> <ul class="list-bullet1"> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-DdoldLs7nokDKax67mdltzRAgEG" data-list="bullet"> <div>Design and deploy vision-language(-action) models (VLM/VLA) for contextual understanding and generalized robot action policies.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-ORUkdW5NwoV4nmx5FudlI1xegcb" data-list="bullet"> <div>Develop and train world models for action-conditioned prediction, long-horizon planning, and environment simulation — enabling robots to reason about the consequences of their actions before execution.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-X1bSdEL9voOPmxxTAERlH5hFg6b" data-list="bullet"> <div>Research approaches to improve world model fidelity using multi-modal inputs including vision, language, proprioception, and spatial representations.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-U3xYdI7cPoZY2MxN5BklrMXpg4b" data-list="bullet"> <div>Develop foundation models with spatial reasoning capabilities to achieve high-precision robotic actions.</div> </li> <li class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-C6JVdLkFpopx9hx0bHul0nZagwe" data-list="bullet"> <div>Integrate multi-modal data sources (vision, language, speech, etc.) to enable natural human-robot communication.</div> </li> &