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
Top Skills
What We Do
Fundamental Research Labs is building digital humans—machines with the capacity to learn, care, and grow alongside us.
We're an applied research company building autonomous, collaborative, and socially intelligent agents. Our small team includes computational neuroscientists, AI researchers, engineers, and builders from MIT EECS, Stanford NLP Group, Google X, Citadel, and beyond.
Our research prototypes began with multi-agent experiments in games like Minecraft and Roblox, where over a million people have interacted with our agents. Today, we're bringing those agents out of the sandbox and into the real world—starting with your computer.
