# Applied Researcher at Physical Intelligence

- Company: Physical Intelligence
- What the company does: Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.physicalintelligence.company/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-01-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/physicalintelligence/1a7a181f-c318-4e0b-9516-c7111b3e3968
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/physical-intelligence-applied-researcher/

## About the role

- Deploy and debug learned policies on physical robots, diagnosing failures across the full stack (perception, policy, control, hardware). - Train and tune policies, curate data, and iterate to improve real-world performance.

## What they're looking for

- - Founded or worked at an early-stage robotics or AV company
- - PhD in relevant field
- - Intuition for policy training, neural network debugging, and data curation
- - Experience with robot manipulation platforms
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

Tags: AI & Robotics Research