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Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Posted 1 day 5 hours ago by Dynamic Creatures
Hiring update - October 2026
Our team is heads down on product development and welcoming a large group of new starters over the next few weeks. We are pausing most hiring until mid-to-late December 2026, with active hiring currently focused on TPM, Security, and Safety roles. We may make exceptions for exceptional candidates. Please expect slower responses than usual: we anticipate reviewing and responding to applications for this role in December or the new year. Thank you for your patience and interest in Dynamic Creatures.
Location: Cambridge, MA
Manager: Software Engineering Lead
The GistYou'll woek at the intersection of robotics, multimodal learning, and human-robot interaction, turning research wins into shipped product capabilities.
What You'll Do- Lead projects from problem framing through to product
- Design and train models for perception, behavior, or interaction
- Collaborate with engineering to deploy research into product
- Mentor other researchers and engineers
Must-haves:
- PhD in ML, robotics, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Strong publication record at top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, or CVPR
- Hands-on experience training large models end-to-end
- Track record of translating research into real products
Dynamic Creatures is a robotics company designing and building interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality brands. We are creating a new category of mobile characters that move naturally through guest environments, understand the context of an interaction and respond in real time. Dynamic Creatures offers character-based experiences built on Boston Dynamics and other systems, as well as fully original robots created for a specific brand, environment or story. As Boston Dynamics' official entertainment and hospitality partner, the company works with entertainment companies to develop guest-facing character experiences designed to feel personal, attentive, and memorable. Dynamic Creatures was co-founded by CEO Marc Theermann, former chief strategy officer at Boston Dynamics and a former senior leader at Google, and chief technology officer Farbod Farshidian, a globally recognized robotics researcher and former research leader at the Robotics and AI Institute.
Additional Information- This role is in-person in Cambridge, MA five days per week.
- Benefits: medical, dental, vision, PTO
- Visa sponsorship may be available for this role.
