7896f519-fc9 Research Scientist, Safety and Alignment for Humanoid Robotics We're seeking a Research Scientist to join our Robotics team, whose mission is to build embodied AI responsibly to benefit people in the physical world. As a Research Scientist, you will design, implement, train, and evaluate large models and algorithms for humanoid robots. Your areas of focus will include algorithmic and model development to improve a robot agent's understanding of its own embodiment and VLA capabilities, learned policies for appropriate responses around people, and responses in atypical situations such as actuator faults. You will also work on Human Robot Interaction, write software to implement research ideas, and leverage your expertise to participate in a wide variety of research, including learning from simulation, reinforcement learning, learning from demonstrations, vision-language-action models, transformers, video generation, robot control, and more.

To succeed in this role, you will need a PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, knowledge of the latest in large machine learning research, and experience working with real-world robots. Expertise in using large datasets with deep neural networks to make real robots useful is also an advantage.

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]]> full-time senior onsite $141,000 - $202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, Knowledge of the latest in large machine learning research, Experience working with real-world robots, Research track record in one or more of the following topics: Humanoid Whole Body Control, Vision Language Action models; Motion Planning, Force Control, AI Safety, Diffusion Policies, World Models, Imitation Learning and Reinforcement Learning, Sim2Real Transfer, Alignment Techniques, Humanoid Whole Body Control, Vision Language Action models, Motion Planning, Force Control, AI Safety, Diffusion Policies, World Models, Imitation Learning and Reinforcement Learning, Sim2Real Transfer, Alignment Techniques Engineering Technology Google DeepMind https://logos.yubhub.co/deepmind.com.png Google DeepMind is a leading artificial intelligence research organisation that uses its technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery. https://deepmind.com/ https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/jobs/7576917 New York City, New York, US 2026-03-31 f3d5bc25-c76 Research Scientist, Safety and Alignment for Humanoid Robotics At Google DeepMind, we're a team of scientists, engineers, and machine learning experts working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We're looking for Research Scientists to join the Robotics team whose mission is to 'Build embodied AI responsibly to benefit people in the physical world.'

Our team is focused on ensuring safe humanoid robot actions spanning agentic reasoning, HRI scenarios, and physical safety with VLA models. As a Research Scientist, you will design, implement, train, and evaluate large models and algorithms for humanoid robots. You will make breakthroughs and unlock new humanoid safety capabilities, including algorithmic and model development to improve a robot agent's understanding of its own embodiment and VLA capabilities.

You will write software to implement research ideas and iterate quickly. You will leverage your expertise to participate in a wide variety of research, including learning from simulation, reinforcement learning, learning from demonstrations, vision-language-action models, transformers, video generation, robot control, humanoid robots, and more.

You will work effectively with a large collaborative team with fast-paced agendas to meet ambitious research goals. You will generate creative ideas, set up experiments, and test hypotheses. You will report and present research findings clearly and efficiently both internally and externally.

To be successful as a Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, we look for PhDs in technical fields or equivalent practical experience. You should have knowledge of the latest in large machine learning research and experience working with real-world robots. Expertise with a subset of the following topics would be an advantage: Humanoid Whole Body Control, Vision Language Action models, Motion Planning, Force Control, AI Safety, Diffusion Policies, World Models, Imitation Learning, and Reinforcement Learning.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $141,000 - $202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

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]]> full-time senior onsite $141,000 - $202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits PhD in a technical field, Knowledge of large machine learning research, Experience working with real-world robots, Humanoid Whole Body Control, Vision Language Action models, Motion Planning, Force Control, AI Safety, Diffusion Policies, World Models, Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning Engineering Technology Google DeepMind https://logos.yubhub.co/deepmind.com.png Google DeepMind is a technology company that uses artificial intelligence to advance the state of the art in AI. It was founded by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Suleyman. https://deepmind.com/ https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/deepmind/jobs/7576917 New York City, New York, US 2026-03-16