Research Engineer/ Scientist

Dyna Robotics
Redwood City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 5+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Python","PyTorch","TensorFlow","JAX","NumPy","Pandas","ROS","Mujoco","NVIDIA Isaac Stack","Drake"]

Join a team focused on building and deploying cutting-edge AI models for dexterous robotic manipulation, blending research and engineering to production-ready pipelines. You will train advanced models, debug complex issues, run structured experiments, and collaborate across data and robotics teams to deliver reliable robotic software and innovative algorithms.

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Dyna Robotics
Dyna Robotics
1 year ago

Research Engineer/ Scientist

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Job Summary

Join a team focused on building and deploying cutting-edge AI models for dexterous robotic manipulation, blending research and engineering to production-ready pipelines. You will train advanced models, debug complex issues, run structured experiments, and collaborate across data and robotics teams to deliver reliable robotic software and innovative algorithms.
Location: Redwood City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Research, develop, and fine-tune large deep learning models, including vision-language models (VLMs) and other AI models for robotic manipulation tasks.
  • •Design, implement, and evaluate new robot learning algorithms, such as reinforcement learning and imitation learning, on both physical robots and simulation platforms.
  • •Analyze training results, debug model failures, identify performance bottlenecks, and resolve subtle implementation issues to improve overall system performance.
  • •Run structured experiments and ablations to isolate root causes and inform iterative improvements.
  • •Collaborate with data and robotics teams to refine data collection, labeling, and filtering strategies.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Minimum of 5 years of experience in applied machine learning, deep learning, or AI and robotics research.
  • •Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related discipline, or comparable hands-on experience.
  • •Comprehensive understanding of machine learning and deep learning fundamentals, especially with Transformer architectures, representation learning, and robot learning methodologies (e.g., reinforcement learning, imitation learning).
  • •Practical experience in debugging, optimizing, and improving deep learning models in production or research settings.
  • •Proficiency in Python and at least one major deep learning framework like PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
Experience:5+ yearsRoboticsAIMachine learning
Education:Master's
Skills:PythonPyTorchTensorFlowJAXNumPyPandasROSMujocoNVIDIA Isaac StackDrake
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonPyTorchTensorFlowJAXNumPyPandasROSMujocoNVIDIA Isaac StackDrake

Company Brief

Dyna Robotics
Develops embodied-AI powered robotic arms and foundation models (DYNA-1) to automate repetitive, stationary tasks across hotels, restaurants, laundromats and retail. Focuses on affordable, deployable robots that generalize across environments and improve with on‑device learning.
Industry: Robotics
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 500M to 1B
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Redwood City, United States
Founded: 2024
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