Research Scientist / Engineer

Posted 17 Days Ago
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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
In-Office
Mid level
Blockchain • Fintech • Software • Financial Services
The Role
Develop and implement learning-based control systems for humanoid robots, using reinforcement learning and other techniques, while optimizing performance and conducting experiments.
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Your Mission

  • Build and ship learning-based control systems that power humanoid robots in the real world

  • Train and deploy policies using reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and multimodal foundation-model approaches with embodied perception

  • Hack on simulation and real-world setups to close the sim-to-real gap and move faster from experiment to deployment

  • Dig into the full robotics stack to chase down latency, bottlenecks, and weird failure modes

  • Create intuitive teleoperation and human-in-the-loop tools to accelerate data collection and evaluation

  • Work side-by-side with a small team of engineers and scientists who care about moving fast and building things that last

What You Bring to the Table

  • A strong drive to get humanoid robots working in the messy real world—not just in papers or demos

  • Ability to take full ownership: spotting problems, proposing solutions, and pushing them through to deployment

  • Solid experience with machine learning for robotics (RL, IL, VLA, or related), plus comfort jumping between code, data, and hardware

  • Production-level Python or C++ skills

  • 3/5+ years of hands-on contributions in robotics, ML, or similar—whether from industry projects, research labs, or your own builds

  • Care for detail: clean code, reliable experiments, and datasets that don’t crumble under pressure

  • Bonus: you’ve tinkered with humanoids before

  • We value exceptional builders over perfect resumes. If you don’t meet every criterion but believe you can have an outsized impact, we strongly encourage you to apply

Skills Required

  • Solid experience with machine learning for robotics
  • Production-level Python skills
  • Production-level C++ skills
  • 3/5+ years of hands-on contributions in robotics or ML
  • Bonus: experience with humanoid robots
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The Company
27 Employees
Year Founded: 2025

What We Do

We build general-purpose mobile and humanoid robots capable of human-level dexterity and understanding of the physical world. It will enable people to focus on what truly matters in their lives. We are based in Paris, FR. Join us: https://app.dover.com/jobs/uma

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