# Research Engineer at Human Archive

- Company: Human Archive
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.humanarchive.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/humanarchive/f922a56c-4f79-4d69-8d5a-f9980c118692
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/human-archive-research-engineer/

## About the role

Evaluate how different sensor modalities impact VLA training and downstream robotics performance Work across RGB-D video, IMUs, motion capture, tactile sensing, audio, and wearable systems data

## What they're looking for

- Master’s or PhD in robotics, computer vision, sensing systems, or related fields
- Published research in sensor fusion, perception systems, multimodal datasets, or embodied AI
- Strong technical intuition around hardware systems and robot learning
- Experience with RGB-D video, IMUs, motion capture, tactile sensing, or robotics systems
- Experience with reinforcement learning, real-world robot deployments, and how data impacts downstream policy performance
- Highly curious, execution-oriented, and comfortable operating from first principles

Tags: Software