# Research Scientist, Robotics 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 (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $167K to $261K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-29
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/thealleninstitute/jobs/7848623
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/allen-institute-for-artificial-intelligence-research-scientist-robotics/

## About the role

Research Scientists will work on multiple exciting research projects in the above areas but can also contribute and engage in a variety of other activities critical to our research and mission. These include opportunities to lead projects, mentor interns and pre-doctoral candidates, author and present scientific papers, and collaborate with researchers at other organizations including universities.

## What they're looking for

- A strong publication record in AI-related areas. Example venues include CoRL, ICRA, RSS, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, etc. Contributions to research communities (e.g. workshop organization, tutorials) are a plus
- Strong software engineering skills. Experience working with real robot systems and/or with deep learning frameworks
- (Optional) Research experience in related areas like large-scale multi-node training, training dynamics, efficiency, data curation, and multimodal model debugging, post-training methods, among others
- (Optional) Contributions to open-source research libraries

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