Research Scientist/Engineer

Syncere is seeking a Research Scientist to architect and deploy machine learning models for their laundry-folding robot. The role involves owning the full autonomy stack, training manipulation models, and collaborating closely with engineering to bring reliable robotics to life.

Responsibilities:

• Train, deploy, and maintain laundry folding models on physical systems
• Build autonomy for manipulation tasks using imitation learning, RL, VLA, and world models
• Develop our teleoperation/data collection stack and simulation pipelines
• Reproduce and extend cutting-edge robotics research
• Test, debug, and iterate on real robots in our lab
• Collaborate closely with our engineering team
• Work flexible shifts including nights/weekends as needed