AI Research Scientist at Paddington Robotics Limited

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Job Title: AI Research Scientist

Salary: £120k-£200k + Equity

Company Description: Paddington Robotics Limited - VC-backed applied AI robotics lab

Job Description:
Join an elite team led by a Magic Pony co-founder to build physical AI for the chaotic real world. Moving beyond lab simulations, you will leverage high-quality data from actual robot deployments to develop generalisable models for manipulation and navigation, delivering immediate commercial impact while solving fundamental challenges in robotics.

Location: London, UK

Why this role is remarkable:

- Work under Zehan Wang, co-founder of Magic Pony (acquired by Twitter for ~$150M), alongside a world-class team from Amazon AGI, InstaDeep, and top-tier universities.

- Eschew traditional lab-only research for an "iterative deployment" approach, testing your models on real hardware in human-centric environments like supermarkets to capture unique edge cases.

- Enjoy significant ownership and early-stage equity in the UK’s leading applied AI robotics team, backed by proven founders and preparing for an upcoming funding round.

What you will do:

- Develop and scale 3D perception and data capture systems to help robots understand and navigate unpredictable, dynamic human environments safely.

- Design and implement cutting-edge robot learning approaches, including Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models and Reinforcement Learning for complex manipulation tasks.

- Prototype, ship, and iterate on code that runs on physical hardware, bridging the gap between theoretical research and robust real-world robotic performance.

The ideal candidate:

- Holds a PhD or equivalent with 5+ years of ...