Research scientist (Robotics, AI)

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Develop new algorithms and methods for training AI models for enhancing the robot dexterity.
• Conduct cutting edge research across multiple disciplines (Robotics, RL/IL, control, perception, LLM, VLM, etc.).
• Work with large-scale ML systems and large-scale model training/fine-tuning.
• Design and implement state-of-the-art learning-based manipulation/navigation/control algorithms on real robots.
• Work with other teams to develop a diverse set of robust manipulation skills for robots.

Job requirements

• Ph.D. degree in Robotics, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, etc., or equivalent research experience.
• Passionate about working with robots and building robot products.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• At least 3 years of experience conducting independent research.
• Deep understanding of the SOTA robot learning techniques (reinforcement learning, imitation learning, etc.)
• A track record of research excellence with your work published in top conferences and journals such as Science Robotics, IJRR, RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, etc.
• Proficient with Python.
• Proficient with deep learning libraries such as PyTorch/TensorFlow/Jax.