Research Scientist, Atlas Behavior Learning
Boston DynamicsWaltham, Massachusetts, United States
Posted January 29, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Boston Dynamics builds advanced mobile manipulation robots with remarkable mobility, dexterity perception and agility. We use sensor-based controls and computation to unlock the potential of complex mechanisms. Our world-class development teams develop prototypes for wild new concepts, do build-test-build engineering and field testing and transform successful designs into robot products. Our goal is to change your idea of what robots can do.
Job Description
Research Scientist on the Atlas Behavior Learning team, responsible for designing, training, and deploying state-of-the-art robot learning algorithms to tackle mobile and bimanual manipulation tasks.
Requirements
- MS with 3 years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
- Extensive Experience training and deploying RL policies for complex behaviors on real robots or simulated characters
- In-depth knowledge about domain randomization to bridge the sim-2-real gap
- Strong foundation in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch and Jax)
- Experience in algorithm design, debugging, and performance optimization
Benefits
- Direct access to cutting-edge robots and the infrastructure to run large-scale experiments
- A collaborative, mission-driven team where your ideas have real impact
- The chance to help define what’s possible in real-world robotics