Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Location: Cambridge, MA

Manager: Software Engineering Lead

The Gist

You'll woek at the intersection of robotics, multimodal learning, and human-robot interaction, turning research wins into shipped product capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Lead projects from problem framing through to product

• Design and train models for perception, behavior, or interaction

• Collaborate with engineering to deploy research into product

• Mentor other researchers and engineers

What We’re Looking For

Must-haves:

• PhD in ML, robotics, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience

• Strong publication record at top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, or CVPR

• Hands-on experience training large models end-to-end

• Track record of translating research into real products

About Us

Dynamic Creatures is a robotics company designing and building interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality brands. We are creating a new category of mobile characters that move naturally through guest environments, understand the context of an interaction and respond in real time. Dynamic Creatures offers character-based experiences built on Boston Dynamics and other systems, as well as fully original robots created for a specific brand, environment or story. As Boston Dynamics’ official entertainment and hospitality partner, the company works with entertainment companies to develop guest-facing character experiences designed to feel personal, attentive, and memorable. Dynamic Creatures was co-founded by CEO Marc Theermann, former chief strategy officer at Boston Dynamics and a former senior leader at Google, and chief technology officer Farbod Farshidian, a globally recognized robotics researcher and former research leader at the Robotics and AI Institute.

Additional Information

• This role is in-person in Cambridge, MA five days per week.

• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, PTO

• Visa sponsorship may be available for this role.