VP of Robotics Research — Verified Work-From-Home Role

Work 100% remotely as a VP of Robotics Research — Verified Work-From-Home Role with RemoteJob USA Staffing, earning $1,200,000 - $6,000,000/year. You will design challenging domain prompts, grade complex model outputs, and refine reasoning trajectories using your background in Robotics Software, Robotics Data, Robotics Research.

Position Responsibilities

• Advance evaluation and generalization. Build rigorous benchmarks for manipulation, spatial reasoning, planning, tool use, robustness, safety, and transfer across tasks and embodiments.
• Bridge simulation and reality. Study how simulated and real-world experience should be combined and where sim-to-real transfer breaks down.
• Advance physical-world R&D automation. Build agents that operate across scientific and engineering workflows, including simulation, experimentation, design, fabrication, and laboratory systems.
• Build research that compounds. Create reusable datasets, environments, simulators, hardware testbeds, evaluation infrastructure, and research tools.
• Build and lead the research team. Recruit and develop exceptional researchers and engineers, partner with leading labs, and publish consequential research.
• Deep Physical AI expertise. Significant experience in robotics, embodied AI, robot learning, autonomous systems, or related fields.
• Strong learning and agentic systems intuition. Deep understanding of modern robot learning, multimodal models, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, world models, planning, and control.

Required Competencies

• Experience building robotics benchmarks, simulation environments, teleoperation systems, safety evaluations, or physical-world data engines.
• Experience building agents for engineering, scientific, manufacturing, or laboratory workflows.
• Compensation & Benefits Notice
• The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $250,000 –$350,000. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. our AI research partner provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
• Compensation Band: $1,200,000 - $6,000,000/year
• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)
• Available Openings: 1 open position

Earnings & Remote Work Details

• Compensation Rate: $1,200,000 - $6,000,000/year (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: Robotics Software, Robotics Data, Robotics Research
• Hiring Agency: RemoteJob USA Staffing

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