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# Research Engineer, Robotics Applications, DeepMind

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $174,000.0 - $253,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Language Modeling, Azure Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Robot Operating System, Large Language Models, Deep Learning, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/36BEC4522D2B4C88A0C141E0FD151E63/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
 * 5 years of experience in software development, AI engineering, or solutions architecture.
 * Experience with machine learning tools and algorithms, specifically Large Language Model (LLMs)/Vision Language Models (VLMs) and deep learning., * Experience with (robot operating system) ROS/ROS2, simulation environments (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo), or on-device deployment (Jetson, TPU).

## Description

* Select and maintain a "gold standard" set of robot hardware, benchmark the model's zero-shot performance on these platforms to understand capabilities and limitations before they reach partners.
 * Build a library of out-of-the-box demo tasks (e.g., visual navigation, pick-and-place, semantic reasoning) that showcase the model's power in real-world scenarios.
 * Serve as the primary technical point-of-contact for trusted testers (TT), troubleshoot unique hardware-software integration issues and feed those insights back into the core research team.
 * Travel to partner sites up to 25% of the time.


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