Drimva

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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