Machine Learning Research Scientist

Machine Learning Research Scientist

Build the intelligence that helps robots understand and interact with the physical world.

We're looking for a Research Scientist to join an early-stage UK startup working at the intersection of machine learning and robotics.

This is a highly research-driven role. You'll explore new approaches to robot learning, vision-language-action models and world models, with the opportunity to test your ideas on real robotic systems.

The role

• Research and develop new approaches to Physical AI
• Train and evaluate VLAs, world models and robot learning systems
• Explore new architectures, training techniques and data strategies
• Investigate how models can generalise across different tasks and environments
• Turn research ideas into experiments on real robotic hardware
• Play a major role in shaping the company's research roadmap

About you

• Strong research background in machine learning, robotics or computer vision
• Deep understanding of modern deep learning
• Experience training and evaluating ML models
• Strong mathematical and experimental skills
• Comfortable tackling open-ended research problems
• Able to take an idea from hypothesis through to rigorous experimentation

Why this role?

• Join at an early/founding stage with meaningful equity
• Work on some of the hardest problems in robotics and Physical AI
• Test your research on real-world robotic systems
• Significant freedom to explore new ideas
• Help shape the research direction from an early stage
• Work alongside a small, highly technical team