What to ExpectAs our Research Program Manager, you will bridge cutting-edge research and product development. You'll manage the research roadmap, coordinate academic partnerships, and ensure our frontier work translates into customer value. This role requires deep technical understanding combined with exceptional organizational skills.
What You'll Do- Own the research roadmap and coordinate priorities across research and product teams
- Manage publication and patent strategy for our core technologies
- Build and maintain relationships with academic labs and conference communities
- Translate research breakthroughs into product capabilities and customer solutions
- Coordinate research timelines while preserving space for exploration and discovery
What You'll Bring- 5+ years in research operations, technical program management, or applied research
- PhD or strong research background in ML, robotics, or related field
- Track record of shipping research into production systems
- Strong relationships in the robotics/ML research community
- Comfort with ambiguity; ability to prioritize research bets with incomplete information
- Excellent written and verbal communication
Nice to Have- Publications at top venues (CoRL, ICRA, RSS, NeurIPS, ICML)
- Experience at research labs (DeepMind, FAIR, OpenAI, Google Brain)
- Familiarity with simulation, synthetic data, or sim-to-real transfer
We believe diverse teams build better products. Even if you don't meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply if you're excited about this role and our mission.
