Job Description: Embodied AI Research Scientist - Humanoid Robotics San Francisco Bay Area, CA Full-time On-site About Theta Intelligence Theta Intelligence is building next-generation humanoid robots powered by advanced embodied intelligence and foundation models. Our mission: robots that understand, reason, and act autonomously in complex real-world environments The Role We're looking for a highly motivated Embodied AI Research Scientist to push the frontier of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models, World Models, and foundation models for humanoid robotics. You'll work at the intersection of robotics, multimodal AI, and large-scale learning systems - building the end-to-end intelligence that lets robots perceive, reason, and act in the physical work What You'll doResearch, develop, and optimize embodied AI models - including Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models, and World Models.Build end-to-end learning systems connecting perception, reasoning, planning, and action.Develop foundation models that improve robot autonomy, adaptability, and task execution in real-world environments.Partner with robotics teams to integrate AI models with perception, navigation, manipulation, and motion-control systems.Shape technical strategy and drive key research initiatives in embodied intelligence and robot foundation modles. What We're Looking ForMS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related fieldsDeep expertise in one or more of: VLMs, VLA Models, World Models, Reinforcement Learning, Embodied AI, Robot Learning.Hands-on experience developing large-scale AI models, multimodal learning systems, or robotic learning frameworks.Strong proficiency in Python and PyTorch. Nice to HavePublications at top-tier venues (NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ICRA,CoRL)Experience with Robot Foundation Models, VLA systems, or World Models Track record deploying AI models on physical robotic research portfolio - publications, patents, open-source contributions, or high-impact projects. Why Theta Intelligence Work on frontier research in embodied intelligence and humanoid robotics.Build foundation models that directly power real-world robotic systems.Collaborate with a world-class multidisciplinary team across AI, robotics, and systems engineering.Help define the future of general-purpose intelligent robots.
