Industrial Robots that Learn and Operate Like Humans. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
We’re looking for a Founding Research Engineer to join our core team and develop the intelligence behind robots that can learn and adapt to new tasks. You’ll work at the frontier of agentic AI and embodied intelligence, developing systems that enable robots to understand natural language, reason about the physical world, learn from demonstrations, and execute complex tasks reliably. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experience with embodied AI, robotics, imitation learning, diffusion policies, or vision-language-action models
- Experience building agentic systems involving LLMs/VLMs, tool use, planning, or multi-agent orchestration
- Experience training, fine-tuning, or adapting foundation models for specialized applications
- Experience deploying ML systems on physical robots or other real-world, latency-sensitive systems
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field, or equivalent research and engineering experience
More about this role
Join Mbodi AI (YC X25), an AI robotics startup founded by two former Googlers committed to pushing the boundaries of physical intelligence. Mbodi is an embodied AI platform that makes robots learn and operate like humans. Anyone can teach robots new skills by talking to them — and execute those skills reliably in production within minutes.
We are pioneering the next wave of robotics, where AI agents meet physical-world applications. Backed by top investors and working with global industrial partners such as ABB, we’re redefining what’s possible in robotics and automation.
We’re looking for a Founding Research Engineer to join our core team and develop the intelligence behind robots that can learn and adapt to new tasks.
You’ll work at the frontier of agentic AI and embodied intelligence, developing systems that enable robots to understand natural language, reason about the physical world, learn from demonstrations, and execute complex tasks reliably.
You'll explore and integrate state-of-the-art foundation models while developing novel algorithms and architectures to push the boundaries of robot autonomy.
This is a research-driven, hands-on engineering role where you'll take ideas...
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