SGInnovate

Robotics Research Scientist

Posted: Nov 2, 2025

Job Description

This role is posted on behalf of Menlo Research, a company supported by SGInnovate.About the Role We’re looking for a Robotics Research Scientist who blends frontier research curiosity with engineering discipline. You’ll work at the core of our research efforts, training state-of-the-art locomotion algorithms, integrating sensor arrays, processing large amounts of multi-modal data from our numerous robots. Your research is meant to make an impact in the real world. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a highly interdisciplinary environment, understands how to explain their domain knowledge to an intelligent but uninformed audience.Job scopeWhat You’ll DoApply state-of-the-art research to real-life applicationsInvent solutions to novel challenges that arise from deploying robots outside a labDesign hardware requirements in conjunction with research problemsYou Should HaveExpertise in a domain related or transferable to roboticsThe willingness to get your hands dirty with the difficult work of deploying your researchA curious mind and a passion for publishing good high impact researchBonus Points ForExperience or Education in Electrical or Mechanical EngineeringExperience with TorchScript, ONNX, or custom inference runtimesContributions to PyTorch or open-source ML toolingExperience working on transformer models, diffusion models, or large-scale vision/NLP tasksFamiliarity with the drawbacks and limitations of ROS/ROS2A history of making deep contributions across varied disciplinesInterested applicants may apply directly to DTC at: https://central.sginnovate.com/hub/marketplace/openings/a6ba5ac6-379b-4251-96b8-d5c25158a2a6

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