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Research Scientist

Fundamental Research Labs
Menlo Park, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/20/2025
About The Role

We are seeking a dedicated Research Scientist to join our team. In this role, you will lead cutting-edge research, design benchmarks, and and agent architectures. This role is for someone eager to push the boundaries of what's possible in AI, contributing to our mission of building digital humans.

The ideal candidate will have a PhD from a top program, with deep experience on relevant work (vision-action models, robotics RL, etc.).

Responsibilities

  • Conduct thorough research and review relevant scientific papers
  • Develop and design benchmarks for evaluating AI performance
  • Create and iterate on agent architectures to enhance AI capabilities
  • Run experiments to test hypotheses and improve agent functionalities
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional team to align research goals with company objectives
  • Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI and related fields

Qualifications

  • Proven research experience and a PhD in a relevant computational field
  • Proficiency in programming languages relevant to AI research, particularly Python
  • Strong familiarity with machine learning, especially in areas like computer vision, reinforcement learning, natural language processing, or robotics
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team, bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to complex challenges
  • Strong analytical and exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop innovative solutions and approaches beyond traditional methods

Bonus

  • Competitive research background (ICML, ICLR, Neurips, UAI, RSS, CoRL, ACL, EMNLP, NACCL, JMLR, TMLR, or similar)

What Makes Us Interesting

  • Small, elite team of ex-founders, researchers from top AI Labs, top CS grads, and engineers from top companies
  • True ownership You will not be blocked by bureaucracy, shipping meaningful work within weeks rather than months
  • Serious momentum We're well-funded by top investors, moving fast, and focused on execution

What We Do

  • Ship consumer products powered by cutting-edge AI research, and
  • Build infrastructure that facilitates research and product, and
  • Innovate cutting-edge research that will open up new consumer product forms

The Details

  • Full-time, onsite role in Menlo Park
  • Startup hours apply
  • Generous salary, with additional benefits to be discussed during the hiring process

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