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Skild AI

Research Engineer

Pittsburgh, San Mateo
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.

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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

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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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