# Research Engineer, Robotics - Roboticist at Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

- Company: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- What the company does: Ai2, founded by Paul Allen, conducts high-impact research and engineering to tackle key problems in artificial intelligence.
- Company website: https://allenai.org
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $129K to $193K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-12-21
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thealleninstitute/jobs/8357323?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## About the role

You will own the control stack on our physical robots and the path from simulation to them. This is first and foremost a controls role: you will bring up and tune real-time, torque-level control on arms, multi-fingered hands, bimanual systems and humanoids, make it stable and safe enough that researchers run experiments on hardware every day, and build the interfaces that learned policies plug into. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Master’s with 3+ years of experience, or PhD, in robotics, control or a related field. Strong candidates with a bachelor’s and 3+ years of industry experience are also considered
- Manipulation: substantial hands-on experience with real-robot manipulation, including bring-up, calibration and control of arms with grippers or hands
- Robot learning: you have trained or deployed learned policies (imitation learning, RL or VLA) on real robots, and are comfortable with PyTorch and at least one simulation ecosystem (Isaac Lab, MuJoCo or similar)
- Debugging across the full stack, from perception through control to hardware, and clear communication with a structured, systems-oriented approach

Tags: Research

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