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.