# Robotics Applied Scientist, Active Perception at FieldAI

- Company: FieldAI
- What the company does: One Autonomy for All Robots. Field-proven embodied AI software that is finally unlocking the full potential of mobile robots in the real world. Backed by Khosla.
- Company website: https://fieldai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Irvine, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Apply by: 2026-12-03
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/field-ai/061afcd1-8097-4b30-9a13-804ff77914a0?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/fieldai-robotics-applied-scientist-active-perception/

## About the role

FieldAI ’s Irvine team is where embodied AI meets real robots, real sensors, and real field deployments. Based in the heart of Southern California’s robotics ecosystem, we build risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems that solve the hardest problems in robotics and unlock the full potential of embodied intelligence. If you want your work to ship, get tested on hardware, and improve through real deployments, Irvine is the place. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in robotics, computer science, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field, with publications at top venues such as RSS, CoRL, ICRA, IROS, T-FR, T-RO, CVPR, NeurIPS, or similar
- Research experience in active perception, informative path planning, vision-language models, or semantic mapping for exploration
- Hands-on work with vision-language or foundation models for robot perception, plus the physical principles governing them
- Fluency in Python and the ability to run your methods on real robots with C++ and ROS 2
- A principled fluency with uncertainty: Bayesian or information-theoretic planning, calibration, and conformal methods

Tags: Mission, Interaction & Intelligence

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