Research Scientist, RL

San Francisco, CA
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Spectral Labs is building foundation models for engineering physical systems. We're looking for a research scientist to lead our work on reinforcement learning for engineering design: building environments over CAD geometry, designing rewards grounded in geometric validity, simulation, and manufacturability, and post-training our models at scale. You bring 7–10 years of research experience in RL, machine learning, or robotics, strong fundamentals, and the implementation skills to write the training code yourself. We're excited about people who can make an impact, whatever their background.

This is a fully in-person role at our office in SF. Compensation and equity total $300–400k annually. We sponsor visas end-to-end, and benefits include health insurance (with a 100%-premium option), dental, a 401(k) match, and company-expensed meals and commuting.

About Spectral Labs

Spectral Labs is a spatial intelligence company building foundation models for the next generation of engineering design. Existing foundation models lack inherent spatial understanding and thus cannot meaningfully perform critical roles in engineering design and manufacturing. We train large models which lack these restrictions and can engineer physical systems. We believe our approach represents a significant step towards AI systems that can intelligently design and reason about physical systems.

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Job details

Salary

$300,000 - $400,000

Location

San Francisco, CA

Company

NameSpectral Labs
Industryai, data, enterprise, manufacturing
Team Size10

Funding

Total raised

$26.4M

Last stage

Seed

Investors

FFirestreak Ventures
MMythos Ventures
PPebblebed
Soma Capital

Founders

RI

Rahul Iyer

Co-Founder and CEO

RI

Rohan Iyer

Co-Founder

Pranav Parthasarathy

Pranav Parthasarathy

Co-Founder

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.