Embodied AI / VLA Research Engineer
Maxinsights, Santa Clara
About the job
Job description
Position overview
In this role, you will work on the research, training, optimization, and real-world deployment of embodied AI models, including Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, World Models, and related robotics foundation models.
You will work across multimodal perception, robot control, long-horizon task planning, large-scale robot data, and model deployment. This is a highly hands-on role that involves both model development and real-world robotic system integration.
Key responsibilities
Embodied ai model development
- Research and develop Vision-Language-Action (VLA), World Model, and other embodied AI foundation models.
- Work on areas including:
- Robotic manipulation
- Multimodal perception and control
- Long-horizon task planning
- Vision-language-action reasoning
- Robot-environment interaction
- Develop and optimize models for real-world robotic applications.
- Translate research ideas into practical models and systems that can operate reliably on physical robots.