Machine Learning Scientist - Early Scale-Up

Machine Learning Research ScientistHelp define the research agenda for Physical AI from day one.We’re hiring a Founding Research Scientist for an ambitious UK startup building the models that will enable robots to understand, learn and act in the real world.You’ll tackle open-ended research across robot learning, vision-language-action models and world models - developing new ideas, testing them on real robotic systems and turning promising research into working technology.What you’ll doLead research across robot learning, VLAs and world modelsDevelop new model architectures, training methods and data strategiesExplore how models can generalise across tasks, environments and embodimentsTake ideas from papers and first principles to real-world robotic experimentsHelp define the company’s long-term research directionPublish meaningful researchWhat we’re looking forStrong research background in ML, robotics or computer visionDeep understanding of modern deep learningExperience training and evaluating ML modelsExcellent mathematical and experimental instinctsAbility to form hypotheses and design rigorous experimentsCuriosity for genuinely unsolved research problemsWhy join?Founding role + significant equityDefine the research agenda from the ground upWork at the frontier of Physical AIExperiment on real robotic hardwareSmall, highly technical founding teamGenuine research freedom and ownership