Technical Lead Manager, Physical AI

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Salary

$249K-$311K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

140% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

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Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Growth-stage From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Technical Lead Manager, Physical AI San Francisco, CA Scale AI is the data engine for the entire AI industry. Our mission is to accelerate the development of AI applications by providing organizations with the high-quality data they need. The Physical AI team at Scale is focused on the next frontier: building general AI that can reason and act in the physical world. By leveraging Scale's massive data infrastructure, we are helping frontier labs build Foundation Models for Physical AI that will redefine the future of automation. Role Overview As the Technical Lead Manager (TLM) for the Physical AI team of Scale , you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge Machine Learning research and physical robot deployment. You will lead a high-performing team of Research Engineers while remaining a hands-on technical contributor (~60% of your time). Your primary focus will be the development and evaluation of Large-Scale Foundation Models (e.g VLAs, World models) that allow robots and AVs to generalize across diverse tasks, environments, and morphologies. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Research - Model Scaling: Direct research into scaling laws for Physical AI, determining how to best utilize massive datasets for pre-training and fine-tuning generalist policies. - VLA and World model development: Develop novel methods for developing and evaluating models, including new Physical AI industry benchmarks - Hands-on Modeling: Actively write code to implement, train and test SOTA architectures. Conduct research on Physical AI data collection, cross-embodiment training, and policy fine-tuning. - Data Strategy: Collaborate with internal labeling teams to design

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