Founding Research Engineer (+ Equity) at Hyphenbox

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Founding Research Engineer Salary Not Disclosed + Equity Company Description Hyphenbox is a YC W25 seed-stage startup building critical data infrastructure for physical AI by transforming raw egocentric video into structured, training-ready datasets for the robotics industry. Job Description As Founding Research Engineer, you will lead applied research to automate the processing of egocentric video data for robotics. You'll build the infrastructure for action segmentation, pose estimation, and 3D reconstruction, turning chaotic wrist and head-camera footage into structured datasets that enable world-class model training at scale. Location Bangalore, India Why this role is remarkable Join as a founding team member of a YC W25 startup, gaining massive ownership and shaping the technical foundation of physical AI infrastructure.Solve the "data bottleneck" in robotics by building automated pipelines for pre-labeling and annotation that currently slow down the entire industry.Work in a high-intensity environment in Bangalore where you bridge the gap between cutting-edge research papers and production-ready robotic vision systems. What You Will Do Develop and deploy applied research models for action segmentation, 2D to 3D reconstruction, and pose estimation using egocentric video streams.Optimize Vision Language Models (VLMs) and automated annotation tools to make raw sensor data usable for large-scale robotics training.Collaborate directly with the founders to design and build scalable data pipelines that transform how physical AI teams handle video data. The ideal candidate Possesses research-level intelligence with the ability to implement papers into working code within days rather than months.Demonstrates a strong background in computer vision, 3D reconstruction, or robotics, with a drive to master the domain's specific challenges.Thrives in a fast-paced startup environment where ownership, execution speed, and raw problem-solving ability are prioritized over years of experience. Who are Jack & Jill Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free. This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Founding Research Engineer Salary Not Disclosed + Equity Company Description Hyphenbox is a YC W25 seed-stage startup building critical data infrastructure for physical AI by transforming raw egocentric video into structured, training-ready datasets for the robotics industry. Job Description As Founding Research Engineer, you will lead applied research to automate the processing of egocentric video data for robotics. You'll build the infrastructure for action segmentation, pose estimation, and 3D reconstruction, turning chaotic wrist and head-camera footage into structured datasets that enable world-class model training at scale. Location Bangalore, India Why this role is remarkable Join as a founding team member of a YC W25 startup, gaining massive ownership and shaping the technical foundation of physical AI infrastructure.Solve the "data bottleneck" in robotics by building automated pipelines for pre-labeling and annotation that currently slow down the entire industry.Work in a high-intensity environment in Bangalore where you bridge the gap between cutting-edge research papers and production-ready robotic vision systems. What You Will Do Develop and deploy app