Tech Lead Research Scientist, Physical AI Infra
ByteDance, Seattle, Washington
What you will do
- Track advances in academia, industry, and open-source communities; contribute technical insights, software, and, where appropriate, publications.
- Own the technical strategy and multi-quarter roadmap for major Physical AI infrastructure areas, translating ambiguous research, product, and customer requirements into clear architecture and execution plans.
- Lead architecture and delivery across multiple engineers and partner teams, define system boundaries and interfaces, resolve cross-stack trade-offs, and remain accountable for end-to-end technical outcomes.
- Define interfaces across the Physical AI lifecycle—including data pipelines, simulation, model training, evaluation, inference, and deployment—while directly owning one or more major platform components.
- Mentor engineers, develop technical leaders, and raise the engineering bar across the team.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.