Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Dynamic Creatures
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Dynamic Creatures
Builds interactive character robots for entertainment
Hiring update — October 2026
Our team is heads down on product development and welcoming a large group of new starters over the next few weeks. We are pausing most hiring until mid-to-late December 2026, with active hiring currently focused on TPM, Security, and Safety roles. We may make exceptions for exceptional candidates, and you are welcome to apply. Please expect slower responses than usual: we anticipate reviewing and responding to applications for this role in December or the new year. Thank you for your patience and interest in Dynamic Creatures.
Location: Cambridge, MA
Manager: Software Engineering Lead
The Gist
You'll woek at the intersection of robotics, multimodal learning, and human-robot interaction, turning research wins into shipped product capabilities.
What You’ll Do
• Lead projects from problem framing through to product
• Design and train models for perception, behavior, or interaction
• Collaborate with engineering to deploy research into product
• Mentor other researchers and engineers
What We’re Looking For
Must-haves:
• PhD in ML, robotics, CS, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong publication record at top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, or CVPR
• Hands-on experience training large models end-to-end
• Track record of translating research into real products
About Us
Dynamic Creatures is a robotics company designing and building interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality brands. We are creating a new category of mobile characters that move naturally through guest environments, understand the context of an interaction and respond in real time. Dynamic Creatures offers character-based experiences built on Boston Dynamics and other systems, as well as fully original robots created for a specific brand, environment or story. As Boston Dynamics’ official entertainment and hospitality partner, the company works with entertainment companies to develop guest-facing character experiences designed to feel personal, attentive, and memorable. Dynamic Creatures was co-founded by CEO Marc Theermann, former chief strategy officer at Boston Dynamics and a former senior leader at Google, and chief technology officer Farbod Farshidian, a globally recognized robotics researcher and former research leader at the Robotics and AI Institute.
Additional Information
• This role is in-person in Cambridge, MA five days per week.
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, PTO
• Visa sponsorship may be available for this role.
Builds interactive character robots for entertainment
Dynamic Creatures designs and builds mobile, interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality. Their SnowJay platform combines real-time perception, learning-based control, adaptive behavior, and costume-aware character design to make guest-facing robots that perceive people, plan motions, and respond in real time, creating uncanned interactions rather than scripted ones. The company operates as an entertainment and hospitality partner using platform-based characters on Boston Dynamics or other bases, deployable in months via leasing, as well as fully original robots built around a brand’s story. Early markets include theme parks and retail experiences. The goal is to help brands and venues create engaging, branded experiences through responsive robotic characters that blend hardware, motion, and persona into one system, differentiating from traditional animatronics or generic service robots by delivering more natural interactions in public settings.
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