Senior AI​/ML Engineer, Physical AI Solutions; UR & MiR, North Reading, MA

Company Overview

Universal Robots, part of Teradyne Inc., is a leading provider of collaborative robots and autonomous mobile robots. With over 75,000 cobots installed worldwide, we build technology that helps businesses automate manufacturing and logistics.

We are looking for a Senior AI/ML Engineer to join the Advanced Physical AI team. The role focuses on developing AI solutions that work on real industrial robots, including autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and collaborative robotic arms.

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of physical AI capabilities that enable robots to navigate, manipulate, and interact with their environment.
• Advance work on obstacle detection, object identification and classification, pose estimation, SLAM, and precision localization systems.
• Engineer AI solutions leveraging RGB‑D cameras, LiDAR, Time‑of‑Flight, and other sensors, balancing performance, cost, and application requirements.
• Take AI innovations from concept through production deployment and ongoing customer support.
• Collaborate closely with R&D teams at Universal Robots and Mobile Industrial Robots to shape future robotics platforms.
• Apply scientific rigor to understand performance characteristics, metrics, and limitations of AI models, analyzing training iterations and ensuring continuous improvement.

• Deep understanding of sensor technologies (RGB‑D, LiDAR, ToF, etc.) and the ability to architect solutions that leverage their strengths and limitations.
• Experience shipping AI‑powered products to market and supporting them in production customer environments.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience integrating AI/ML capabilities into existing robotics software stacks.
• Expertise in data science and data engineering: great AI solutions are built on great data.
• Collaborative mindset with experience working in cross‑functional teams building complete systems.
• Demonstrated ability to rigorously evaluate ML model performance, establish meaningful metrics, and track quality across training iterations.
• Experience utilizing simulation environments to accelerate engineering and validation workflows.

• Core robotics AI concepts: obstacle detection, object identification and classification, pose estimation.
• Various SLAM approaches and their trade‑offs.
• Localization techniques from precision to relative positioning.
• Experience working with both robotic manipulators and mobile platforms.
• Hands‑on experience with NVIDIA Isaac platform and tools.
• Background working with AMRs or industrial robotic arms in production settings.
• Knowledge of and interest in emerging Vision‑Language‑Action (VLA) models and their application to robotics.
• Contributions to robotics or AI research communities.

You will join a team that has delivered mature platforms for simulation and data generation across multiple problem domains. We deploy technology today, solving real problems for customers in industrial automation while continuously pushing the state of the art. At Teradyne Robotics, you will impact mobile robotics and collaborative manipulation platforms used by thousands of customers worldwide.

This is an onsite position with remote flexibility and some travel required.

The base salary range for this role is $219,800–$351,700, with the amount tied to experience and skill set. The range may vary by market demand and location. In addition, you are eligible for a discretionary bonus plan based on financial performance.

Teradyne offers robust health and well‑being benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, and more. For details, please see the benefits page.