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title: 'Staff AI Research Engineer at Standard Bots'
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# Staff AI Research Engineer at Standard Bots

- **Company:** Standard Bots
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $250k–$300k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/standardbots/ae2de4d6-8924-46f1-ad49-d9300994f11c

## Job description

## ABOUT STANDARD BOTS

At Standard Bots, we're revolutionizing real-world automation by making robotic systems accessible to everyone. Our AI-powered platform enables robots to tackle unprecedented challenges through an intuitive instruction interface, bringing the power of software automation to physical spaces.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We're seeking a Staff AI Research Engineer to develop and optimize our AI models and training systems. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your deep ML expertise to cutting-edge AI/robotics applications. You'll work closely with our engineering team to design, implement, and iterate on large-scale AI models while building efficient systems for rapid experimentation and deployment. We have a small team of AI engineers, so we’re looking for someone who is excited to work at a startup, and work across the stack to do what is needed to get a model that achieves a customer problem.

We're looking for an experienced engineer ready to make a tangible impact in the AI robotics revolution. This role requires a proven background working on ML planning within the autonomous vehicle space with experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting. If you're excited about building the latest advancements in AI and working in the robotics space, we’d love to hear from you.

## IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

- Design and implement state of the art ML models and training pipelines:
- Apply novel machine learning techniques to wide range of robotics applications
- Develop efficient data and training strategies
- Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking
- Lead model development and iteration with focus on:
- Rapid experimentation and prototyping of new model architectures
- Performance optimization and model debugging
- Transfer learning and fine-tuning strategies
- Build robust evaluation and debugging systems to:
- Analyze model behavior and failure modes
- Implement interpretability tools and visualization frameworks
- Track and improve model metrics
- Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment

YOU MIGHT THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU:

- Have 7+ years of AI modeling experience, specifically within the self-driving car industry (or PhD with 3+ years of AI modeling experience in the self-driving car industry)
- Proven track record developing and deploying large-scale ML models
- Have experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting
- Are familiar with training inference and infra pipelines that go from camera input to trajectory output for self driving or robotics
- Have experience with RL (reinforcement learning)
- Have a strong understanding of modern ML architectures and training techniques
- Have experience with model debugging, optimization, and performance tuning
- Have a background in implementing ML research papers and adapting academic work

## TECH STACK

- PyTorch (experience with PyTorch required)
- Python
- NodeJS/Typescript
- Docker

## COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

The salary range for this role is $250,000 to $300,000, depending on experience. We are open to a variety of seniority levels for this role and will build compensation packages that are commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees.

## About Standard Bots

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Standard Bots is an American AI-native industrial robot manufacturer that builds affordable, easy-to-use six-axis robot arms designed and assembled in the USA.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Glen Cove, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Evan Beard (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Industrial Robotics / Manufacturing / AI
- **Target customers**: B2B — small to large businesses in manufacturing, machining, warehousing, and industrial automation
- **Mission**: "Propel human productivity through the world’s most accessible robots."

## Products & Services
- **Bolt**: Entry-level six-axis robot arm (900mm reach, 8kg payload) starting at $29,500. Designed for light-duty automation in tight spaces — pick & place, inspection, and assembly.
- **Spark**: Mid-range workhorse robot (1,300mm reach, 18kg payload) starting at $39,500. Built for machining, welding, finishing, pick & place, and inspection.
- **Thor**: Heavy-duty robot (2,000mm reach, 18kg payload) starting at $49,500. Includes Miller Auto Delta Weld package for welding applications. Built for bimanual tasks, palletizing, and heavy applications.
- **AI-Native Control Platform**: Robots are programmed through demonstration (no code, no PhD required). Foundation models generalize across variations. Real-time AI-driven torque control. Pre-built playbooks for common tasks, native integrations, simulator, and remote access dashboards.
- **Vision-Guided Inspection**: Automated defect detection with vision-guided checks.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Private company; funding details not publicly available
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Growth Signals**: Expanding manufacturing operations with goal to produce everything "from metal in to robots out" in America by 2027. Actively hiring across multiple engineering and operations roles. Growing product line with three distinct robot models (Bolt, Spark, Thor).

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native architecture**: First industrial robot joints designed for real-time AI-driven torque control; robots learn through demonstration rather than complex programming — "no PhD required."
- **Cost leadership**: Starting at $29,500, significantly cheaper than legacy industrial robot solutions while claiming 3x faster performance.
- **Vertical integration**: Designs nearly every part and assembles every final product in-house in Glen Cove, NY. Goal to manufacture everything in America by 2027.
- **Ease of use**: Program complex routines from a tablet; pre-built playbooks; no-code interface; vision-guided inspection with ±0.1 Nm repeatability.

## Strategic Focus
- Scaling domestic manufacturing to full vertical integration (metal in to robots out) by 2027.
- Expanding AI capabilities with foundation models that generalize across unseen variations.
- Growing product line to cover light-duty (Bolt), mid-range (Spark), and heavy-duty (Thor) applications.
- Building out software, firmware, and AI teams to deepen the "AI-native" robotics platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven environment focused on "making tomorrow easier" through accessible robotics. Emphasis on hardware, software, firmware, and electronics integration.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid — employees typically work on-site 3 days a week. Offices in Glen Cove, NY; NYC; and Seattle.
- **Team Size**: ~130 total employees, ~25 in Product + Tech.
- **Engineering Focus**: Roles span embedded systems, motion planning, full-stack, firmware, AI research, and core platform engineering. Technology stack includes modern robotics and AI tooling.
- **Growth Stage**: Early-stage, fast-growing company (founded 2020) with significant manufacturing expansion plans. Opportunity to shape both product and culture.

## Sources
1. [standardbots.com](https://standardbots.com/)
2. [standardbots.com/about](https://standardbots.com/about)
3. [standardbots.com/careers](https://standardbots.com/careers)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/standard-bots)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/StandardBots)

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