# Research Engineer / Scientist (Robot Learning) at World Labs

- Company: World Labs
- What the company does: World Labs is a spatial intelligence company, building frontier models that can perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world. Backed by NEA and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.worldlabs.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $250K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/worldlabs/85994fa5-c44c-48b4-84fc-aece7934c2cb
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/world-labs-research-engineer-scientist-robot-learning/

## About the role

We’re looking for strong Robot Learning Engineer/Scientist to develop and advance state-of-the-art methods for developing robot policies. This role is focused on training end-to-end policies with an emphasis on sim-to-real transfer, robust performance, scalable training and inference pipelines.

## What they're looking for

- PhD in robotics, machine learning, computer science, or a closely related field is strongly preferred
- 6+ years of experience working on manipulation, locomotion, robot policy training, or related areas
- Strong foundation in robotics, neural network designs, sim-real transfer
- Deep experience with robot policy designs (e.g., VLA, WAM, diffusion)
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++, with hands-on experience building research or production robotic systems
- Experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) and low-level robotic controller

Tags: Research