Research Scientist Intern, Robotics

What you'll do

• Develop and evaluate algorithms and learned policies for robot perception, manipulation, navigation, and control.
• Conduct robot-learning research, including multimodal data learning, data collection, teleoperation, and sim-to-real transfer.
• Collaborate across research and engineering teams and communicate or publish research results.

What they ask for

• Currently pursuing or obtaining a Ph.D. in a relevant technical field; intend to return to the degree program after the internship.
• Experience with a programming language and with machine-learning or deep-learning systems and frameworks.
• Experience advancing AI for robotics or computer vision, including deploying learned systems on real robot hardware.
• Must obtain and maintain work authorization in the country of employment; demonstrated research results, cross-functional teamwork, and analytical problem-solving experience.

Nice to have

• Experience with simulation, domain randomization, and sim-to-real transfer.
• Experience with classical robotics foundations, large-scale multimodal data, and real-world experiment evaluation.

Pay

$7,650/month to $12,667/month (compensation type not specified)

Tools

Python, C++, C, Java, ROS/ROS 2, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim/Lab, PyTorch

AI focus

Robot learning and embodied intelligence, including deep learning, foundation models, imitation and reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models.