Head of Psysical AI
Core
Lead the AI research and engineering function to build model and evaluation capabilities for physical-world robot behavior using multimodal data and Transformer-based systems.
Role type
Senior IC technical leader (Head of Physical AI)
Builds
Focused model and evaluation capabilities for robot behavior
Domain
Robotics, Physical AI, Multimodal Transformers
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Transformer architecture design, physical AI (robotics/autonomous systems), Python engineering, PyTorch, multimodal data handling, experiment design, technical leadership
Preferred skills
Computer vision, VLMs, robot foundation models, reinforcement learning, ROS 2, sim-to-real transfer, safety-critical systems
Technologies
PyTorch, Transformers, ROS 2
Responsibilities
Define Physical AI research roadmap, design/train/evaluate Transformer systems for embodied tasks, establish reproducible evaluation systems, recruit and lead a small team, translate customer needs into technical requirements, design safe physical testing plans
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team building
