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1X · 5 months ago

AI Research Engineer, World Models

positionPalo Alto, California, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$180K/yr - $300K/yr

1X is a company that builds humanoid robots to address labor shortages and create abundance. The AI Research Engineer will focus on developing large multi-modal generative world models to enhance robot intelligence and autonomy, working across various aspects of data pipelines and model architectures.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ManufacturingRobotics
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Responsibilities

Build full-stack systems across data engineering, model architecture, and product delivery
Develop high-throughput data loaders for large-scale, multi-modal robot datasets
Implement tokenizers and transformers designed for web-scale robotic data
Improve robot autonomy by advancing world model architectures
Predict robot performance in the real world based on pre-training metrics such as log loss

Qualification

PythonPyTorchMulti-modal generative modelsData engineeringLarge-scale data pipelinesSimulation platformsRobot autonomyScaling lawsPerformance metrics

Required

Strong experience with Python and related tools such as Bazel
Proficiency with PyTorch or equivalent deep learning frameworks
Familiarity with simulation platforms such as Isaac Sim or MuJoCo
Experience working with multi-modal generative models combining video, audio, text, and action prediction
Ability to design and optimize large-scale data pipelines for training
Understanding of scaling laws and performance metrics for foundation models

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off and holidays

Company

1X

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1X is an engineering and robotics company that develops humanoid robots designed to work alongside humans.
dateFounded in 2014
location
Moss, Ostfold, NOR
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.1x.tech

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Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$136.49M
Key Investors
EQT VenturesOpenAI Startup Fund
2025-07-07Series B
2024-01-11Series B· $99.94M
2024-01-11Secondary Market

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