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Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model

Wayve
Location
Sunnyvale
Work mode
Remote
Type
full time
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[ About this role ]

Principal Research Scientist on the Multi-Embodiment Generalist Agent (MEGA) team at Wayve. This role focuses on building foundation models for general-purpose robots beyond self-driving vehicles, involving perception, reasoning, movement, and manipulation across diverse embodiments. The scientist will define the research agenda and technical strategy for a new robotics program.

Skills and focus areas

  • robotics
  • foundation models
  • embodied intelligence
  • large-scale machine learning
  • research agenda definition
  • technical strategy
  • model architectures
  • learning algorithms
  • data flywheels
  • evaluation design

Summary written by Ramai from the original posting. Full details and requirements are on Wayve’s careers page.

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