Research Engineer
- Salary
- $100,000 - $300,000
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Skild AI's standard text
Company Overview
At Skild AI, we are building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. We believe massive scale through data-driven machine learning is the key to unlocking these capabilities for the widespread deployment of robots within society. Our team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new graduates to domain experts.
Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We are looking for passionate individuals who are eager to explore uncharted waters and contribute to our innovative projects.
Position Overview
We are hiring Research Engineers to develop scalable robotic systems aimed at achieving general-purpose robotic intelligence. In this role, you'll work with researchers and engineers to implement state-of-the-art machine learning and robot systems. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, experience in turning research into practical solutions, and a drive to build impactful applications.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement new algorithms for training and optimizing general-purpose robot foundation models.
- Design and engineer systems to scale research from prototypes to fully deployable solutions, working with large-scale systems and datasets.
- Conduct cutting edge research across multiple disciplines (Perception, Robotics, RL/ IL, Machine Learning, etc.).
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, contributing to the integration of research insights into practical robotics applications.
- Optimize machine learning models for real-world robotic systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, etc.
- Strong track record of publishing papers and/or deploying real-world applications.
- Deep technical knowledge, and research experience in deep learning, reinforcement and/or imitation learning, robotics, or computer vision.
- Experience working with robot systems and large-scale model training.
Base Salary Range
$100,000—$300,000 USD
What this role asks for
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
Common in software engineering postings at any company.
In most of Skild AI's ads
Machine Learning
Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.
67% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Skild AI's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Skild AI's other open postings on this site.
The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 34 open in Engineering. 3 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in August: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Machine Learning (34 of 34), Python (20 of 34), C++ (18 of 34), ROS (10 of 34), Deep Learning (9 of 34), PyTorch (9 of 34), TensorFlow (9 of 34)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Mechanical Design Engineer posted Oct 15
- Robotics Engineer, Teleoperation posted Oct 15
- Deployment & Support Engineer posted Sep 24
- Manufacturing Engineering Manager posted Sep 11
- Senior Electrical Engineer posted Sep 9
- Technical Writer posted Jul 23
- Full Stack Engineer (Frontend & Android Focus) posted Jul 20
- Camera Systems Software Engineer - India posted Jun 15
- Computer Vision AI & ML Engineer posted Jun 3
- Camera Systems Software Engineer posted May 29
- Robotics Application Engineer posted May 22
- Senior Robot Infrastructure Engineer posted May 16
- Robotics Technician posted May 13
- Mechatronics Technician posted May 13
- Robotics Engineer, Deployment & Testing - San Mateo posted Mar 23
- Computer Vision AI & ML Engineer posted Dec 12
- Technical Animator posted Dec 11
- Machine Learning Engineer posted Sep 12
- Lead Industrial Designer posted Feb 20
- Firmware/ Embedded Systems Engineer posted Jan 29
- Hardware Engineer - Bengaluru posted Jan 6
- Robotics Engineer, Deployment & Testing - Bengaluru posted Jan 6
- Full Stack Developer posted Jan 6
- React Native Developer posted Jan 6
- UI/UX Designer posted Jan 6
- Deep Learning Manipulation Engineer posted Nov 14
- Robotics Engineer, Manipulation posted Sep 23
- Robotics Software Engineer posted Sep 23
- Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure posted Sep 23
- Software Engineer, AI Training and Infrastructure posted Sep 23
- Machine Learning Engineer, Reinforcement Learning posted Sep 11
- Simulation Engineer posted Aug 27
- Research Engineer, Post-training & Deployment posted Aug 27
From the team and dates on Skild AI's own job board.
Salary context
27 other open postings titled Research Engineer state a salary: median USD 190,000 to USD 300,000 a year.
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