Posted:
12/3/2025, 1:37:27 AM
Location(s):
Massachusetts, United States ⋅ Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
Mechanical Engineering ⋅ Software Engineering
Your Opportunity
Chewy Robotics is seeking a Staff Roboticist to join our Physical AI research and development team in Woburn, MA. As a senior individual contributor, you will lead the creation and deployment of robotic systems and AI algorithms that enable bi-manual manipulation of heavy deformables, touch-augmented vision-language-action (VLA) model training, and whole-body control and reinforcement learning for humanoid robots. You will serve as a technical authority in control systems, perception, and integrated robotic architectures that advance Chewy’s efforts to build the next generation of physical AI.
As a Staff Roboticist, you will operate as a top-level subject matter expert and architect, exhibiting broad technical influence and leadership without formal authority. This role owns the short- to mid-term execution of research strategy within the Physical AI domain, translating complex, ambiguous problems into scalable robotic solutions. The successful candidate demonstrates mastery across robotics system design, algorithm development, and experimental validation, while mentoring junior engineers and shaping technical direction across multiple teams. While not a people leader, the Staff Roboticist plays a critical role in guiding Chewy’s robotics research strategy and ensuring cross-functional alignment between AI scientists, controls engineers, and product stakeholders.
What You’ll Do
What You’ll Need
Bonus Points
The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [email protected].
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Website: https://chewy.com/
Headquarter Location: Dania, Florida, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 2011
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Series F
Industries: E-Commerce ⋅ Pet ⋅ Retail