Field AI
Robotics Research, Humanoid Manipulation Intern (Summer 2027) | PhD
Boston, MA · On-site · Internship · Posted Sep 27, 2026
- Education
- Current PhD student in a specified or closely related field.
About the job
Conduct humanoid manipulation research and develop, evaluate, and integrate robotics capabilities, with the goal of publishing research and supporting FieldAI’s autonomy and robot-learning efforts.
What you'll do
- Design and evaluate humanoid manipulation and loco-manipulation strategies across diverse tasks.
- Support robotics foundation model development through data collection pipelines, transferable representations, and learning frameworks.
- Collaborate across research, field operations, and hardware teams; work toward publishing and presenting research.
What they ask for
- Current PhD student in Robotics, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, AI/ML, or a closely related field.
- Research experience in robotic manipulation, loco-manipulation, or related robotics domains.
- Strong foundation in robot kinematics, dynamics, and control.
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++, and experience designing and evaluating experiments on robotic systems (simulation or hardware).
Nice to have
- Prior experience with humanoid robots or dexterous robotic hands; learning-based manipulation; or real robot hardware experiments.
- Familiarity with ROS or ROS 2; robotics or AI publications, preprints, or open-source contributions.
Pay
USD 40–60 (per-hour-wage)
Tools
Python, C++, ROS, ROS 2
AI focus
Develop manipulation capabilities and support robotics foundation model development, including data pipelines and embodiment-agnostic representations for transfer across robot platforms.
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