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Founding Robotics ML Research Engineer
Cambridge, MA
Open 5 months, first seen by us 155 days ago- Pay
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Compensation The salary for this role is $120K - $200K, with competitive startup equity, health benefits, and relocation as needed.
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What you’ll work on
Full postingDeploy behavior cloning and reinforcement learning policies for dextrous data center tasks
Lead software infrastructure for data collection, training, and real-time operation
Turn robotics learning research into production-ready systems
From the employer’s posting
Deploy modern behavior cloning and reinforcement learning policies for dextrous tasks in the data center
Lead the software infrastructure for data collection, training, and real-time operation.
translate it into production-ready systems
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Background in robotics, computer science, machine learning, or related field (MS/PhD preferred)
- Experience developing and deploying learning-based control and perception on real robots
- Strong foundation in classical manipulation, control theory, and motion planning
- Familiarity with robot teleoperation techniques
Qualification wording
Background in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (MS/PhD preferred).
Experience developing and deploying learning-based control and perception algorithms on real robots.
Strong foundation in classical manipulation, control theory, and motion planning.
Familiarity with various robot teleoperation techniques.
Education & alternatives
What We’re Looking For - Background in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (MS/PhD preferred). - Experience training large manipulation models (diffusion policies, VLAs)
Posting record
Report an errorOpen 5 monthsWe first saw this posting 155 days ago and it is still up. Roles open this long are often slow to fill or kept open to collect applications.
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- First seen by us
- Jun 2, 2026155 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 66
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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About the role
We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.
Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.
A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.
US government figures for computer and information research scientists
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $140,300
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for ML engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information research scientists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.
Job description
Founding Robotics ML Research Engineer
Boost Robotics is developing the next generation of autonomous systems that monitor and maintain the world’s digital infrastructure. Backed by Y Combinator, our team consists of former CMU Robotics and Boston Dynamics engineers who have worked on robot systems in defense, agriculture, logistics, and industrial inspection.
The mission? Bring dependable, intelligent robotics to some of the most important and fastest-growing infrastructures powering the world’s digital backbone - data centers.
The Role
As a Founding Robotics ML Research Engineer, you will:
- Deploy modern behavior cloning and reinforcement learning policies for dextrous tasks in the data center, with a focus on high success rates.
- Lead the software infrastructure for data collection, training, and real-time operation.
- Stay at the frontier of robotics learning research and translate it into production-ready systems that push the boundaries of today’s state of the art.
What We’re Looking For
- Background in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (MS/PhD preferred).
- Experience training large manipulation models (diffusion policies, VLAs)
- Experience developing and deploying learning-based control and perception algorithms on real robots.
- Experience with common ML tools, architectures, and workflows
- Strong foundation in classical manipulation, control theory, and motion planning.
- Comfort working in small, fast-paced teams where experimentation is constant and results matter.
- Familiarity with various robot teleoperation techniques.
Bonus Points
- Track record of publishing or contributing to top-tier conferences like ICRA, CoRL, RSS, NeurIPS, or CVPR.
- Background in embedded AI or edge deployment.
- Contributions to open-source robotics or ML projects.
- Experience deploying robots in production or industrial environments.
- Exposure to tactile sensing for manipulation.
We’re not hiring for a checklist - we’re hiring for exceptional people. If you move fast, think deeply, and love building things that actually work, you’ll fit right in.
Why you’ll join us
There’s no instruction manual for what we’re building. There’s also no legacy code and no layers of approval - just engineers turning ideas into deployed, practical robots that keep the entire digital world online.
We’re friends and builders who hold the highest standards for ourselves and our work. Joining us means having a say in everything - the culture, the rituals, the engineering stack, and what our robots look like. You won’t just work here - you’ll help create what “here” means.
Compensation
The salary for this role is $120K - $200K, with competitive startup equity, health benefits, and relocation as needed.
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Compensation The salary for this role is $120K - $200K, with competitive startup equity, health benefits, and relocation as needed.
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Cambridge, MA
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