Research Scientist - Robotics

Applied Intuition•Sunnyvale, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a passionate Research Scientist to join the Research Team at Applied Intuition. This team conducts world-class research for autonomous systems with applications to autonomous driving and general robotics. You will have access to millions of miles of large-scale data and industry-leading simulators and tools to develop cutting-edge models at scale. In addition to your research contributions, you will contribute to and learn from best practices in the autonomy and robotics industry within our fast-paced and customer-focused culture. Improvements deployed to our system immediately help our customers with their programs and deliver value to our business.

Requirements

Strong research record in the fields of AI and robotics with publications in top-tier conferences or journals in the fields of computer vision, machine learning, and robotics
MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with robotics and autonomy applications or closely-related fields
Passion for robotic generalist and humanoid with next-generation, scalable technology in the real world
Strong research skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively on projects

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience in at least one of the following fields:
Reinforcement learning
Multi-modal foundation models
Human and object motion capture
Motion retargeting and teleoperation
Human and robotic data collection
Robotic hardware experiences

Responsibilities

Conduct research on topics including: robotic foundation model and vision-language-action model, reinforcement learning and real-to-sim-to-real, with applications to dexterous manipulation and grasping, and whole-body control
Work closely with other Research Scientists and interns on research publications for submission to top-tier conferences
Collaborate with Research Engineers and engineering teams to test and deploy algorithms