Senior Research Scientist

What the role actually is Fauna is looking for a senior applied scientist to advance human-robot interaction for domestic robots. The role appears focused on interaction models that make a robot feel personal, expressive, and socially aware without losing reliability. This is a research role with product consequences. It asks someone to connect technical methods, interaction design, evaluation, and the everyday reality of robots sharing space with people. What you would work on Lead research into social, conversational, and expressive robot behavior Design interaction approaches that use context, memory, and multimodal cues Evaluate whether robot behavior is legible, trustworthy, and appropriate Collaborate across robotics engineering, product design, and user research What they are asking for Senior applied science background in HRI, AI interaction, robotics, or related fields Experience translating ambiguous interaction goals into measurable research programs Ability to work across model behavior, human factors, and embodied constraints Strong communication with design and engineering partners Why this one is worth a look Senior HRI roles for consumer robots are still rare. This one is interesting because the research question is not only whether the robot can perform a task, but whether its behavior can support trust and repeated use at home. #J-18808-Ljbffr