Research Scientist, Robotics Data, Pretraining, DeepMind
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Mountain View, CA · Posted October 31, 2026
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs45% · of 100
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast45% · of 68
- #1Best cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast68% · of 68
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast85 / 100 · of 36
- #1Best all-round cities for AI careers in the West Coast95 / 100 · of 36
- #2Best cities for finance pay after cost of living$161k · of 35
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Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 78 open research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $144,000 to $279,500 and the median is $213,500.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
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About the job
Minimum qualifications: PhD in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Experience working with robot policy learning (e.g., imitation learning, RL) across simulators and real-world robotic platforms (e.g., dexterous manipulation, multimodal sensing). Experience working with simulators and robots. Experience contributing to research communities or efforts, including publishing papers at conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CoRL, ICML, ICLR).