Path Robotics
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Tech Lead), Robot Learning, Loco- Manipulation
Columbus, Ohio or Remote +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 28, 2026
- Location
- Columbus, Ohio or Remote
Columbus, Ohio, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on robot learning experience; shipped sim-to-real policies on real robots across different tasks or platforms.
- Education
- Ph.D. or Master's degree in Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field or equivalent experience.
About the job
Lead the technical direction and hands-on development of robot-learning systems for whole-body loco-manipulation and precision manufacturing tasks, from research and architecture through real-world deployment.
What you'll do
- Set team ML direction and own architecture and research workstreams across action-policy learning, world-model supervision, and policy orchestration.
- Design hybrid physics-ML architectures integrating manipulation, locomotion, and whole-body control; guide phased deployment with partner teams.
- Write code, mentor engineers, and establish team engineering practices and standards.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on robot learning experience, including shipping sim-to-real policies on real robots across different tasks or platforms.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship, including architectural decisions others built on.
- Deep sim-to-real expertise and full-stack robot-learning experience, from simulation and training through deployment and failure diagnosis.
- Strong Python and C++ programming skills; Ph.D. or Master's in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Edge inference experience, including TensorRT, ONNX, or edge-class deployment.
- Loco-manipulation experience on legged platforms, or precision manipulation or surgical robotics experience.
Tools
Python, C++, TensorRT, ONNX, PINNs, neural ODEs, MPC
AI focus
Develop robot-learning and hybrid physics-ML systems for whole-body loco-manipulation, including policy learning, world-model supervision, and real-world deployment.
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