Senior / Staff Robotics Research Scientist - Dexterous & Mobile Manipulation
About The Position
At Multiply Labs, we are applying AI to solve complex manipulation challenges in robotic cell therapy manufacturing. We're looking for a Research Scientist specializing in robotic manipulation to develop the next generation of our intelligent robotic systems. You will be responsible for developing frontier research results, developing and deploying practical systems with a core focus on dexterous & mobile manipulation.You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team and directly impacting our mission to manufacture life-saving therapies at scale.
Requirements
- MS or PhD in a robotics-relevant field
- 5+ years of experience in research and development
- A strong theoretical and practical understanding of modern approaches for robotic manipulation, which might include imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action (VLA) models
- High proficiency with Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch).
- Experience collaborating in large and complex code bases
- Experience with modern robotics simulation environments designed for ML (e.g., Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyBullet).
- A track record of deploying onto physical robot hardware, especially high-degree-of-freedom manipulators or humanoids.
- Proven track record of publications in top-tier conferences and journals in Machine Learning, Robotics, or related fields Robotics: ICRA, IROS, CoRL, RSS, TRO, IJRR, etc Computer vision: CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, etc Machine Learning: NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, etc
Nice To Haves
- Experience with planning algorithms (A, RRT, PRM, etc)
- Experience with controller design (linear/nonlinear/optimal/robust/adaptive control, LQR, DDP, MPC, etc)
- Experience with optimization techniques (linear/quadratic/semidefinite/nonlinear optimization, etc)
- Experience with dynamics modeling (linear, nonlinear, Euler-Lagrange, Newton-Euler, Featherstone, etc)
- Experience with partial sensing (POMDPs, Kalman filters, particle filters, etc)
- Experience with task planning (TAMP, STRIPS, MDPs, etc)
- Experience with robotics toolkits (ROS/ROS2, OpenRAVE, MoveIt!, etc)
Responsibilities
- Research focused on advancing robotic manipulation systems by developing exciting new ideas and providing solutions to complex problems
- Collaborate on publications to be submitted at worldwide conferences
- Working with fellow researchers and engineers to develop prototypes
- Apply yours and others’ research to real world problems
Benefits
- 401K with 4% company match
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Partial Health Insurance for Child Dependents
- HSA or FSA
- Twice weekly catered lunch (for team members in SF office)
- Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
- Multiply Labs will review the benefit offerings periodically and the benefit options are subject to change to meet employee and business needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
