Staff Robot Learning Scientist/Engineer

Company

Genesis is a global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company. We build generalist robots to unlock unlimited physical labor, allowing humans to focus on creativity, curiosity, and what they love. We recently raised a $105M Seed round backed by Khosla Ventures and Eclipse, and we’re looking to expand our software and hardware teams rapidly.

What You’ll Do

Develop and optimize a learning-based robotic manipulation control stack
Design and maintain a teleoperation system with smooth, precise motion and low latency
Train robotic policies for manipulation and locomotion with reinforcement learning and imitation learning
Deploy robotic policies and diagnose latency or bottlenecks in the control pipeline
Analyze and minimize the sim-to-real gap by co-optimizing simulation and real-world robot behavior
Collaborate with a team of driven individuals committed to building general-purpose Physical AI

What You’ll Bring

Passion for your craft and demonstrated excellence in robotics engineering
Exceptional ownership and initiative—finding and solving problems independently
Focus, attention to detail, patience, and a methodical approach to complex tasks
Production-level expertise in modern Python or C++
Extensive experience building and deploying real-world learning-based robotic systems (5+ years)
Bonus: Hands-on experience troubleshooting and maintaining robotic systems across mechanical, electrical, and software components

Genesis AI - Staff Robot Learning Scientist/Engineer