Young Investigator, Robotics
About The Position
The Young Investigator position is a postdoctoral program offering unique benefits, enabling individuals to balance collaborative work on an Ai2 project with pursuing an independent research agenda. The role focuses on applying artificial intelligence to solve problems requiring modeling, reasoning, and explanation, contributing to the next generation of intelligent systems with the mission of AI for the common good. The Ai2 Robotics team, led by Dieter Fox, aims to develop and leverage scalable simulation domains to scientifically investigate the scaling and generalization capabilities of foundation models for robotics, and use these insights to develop broadly competent robots. Research is committed to being fully open-source, with a focus on application domains that have a positive impact on society. Applicants interested in robotics, with a focus on core techniques in robot manipulation, large scale training in simulated environments, sim-to-real transfer, robot foundation models, and skill learning are sought. Research areas include robot foundation models, manipulation and skill learning, simulation and sim-to-real, and open-source research. The team regularly publishes in high-profile conferences and journals and collaborates with other Ai2 teams and researchers at the University of Washington.
Requirements
- Are within one year of completing their PhD, or already have a PhD.
- Young Investigator applicants should have a strong foundation (PhD level) in one or more of the research areas: robot manipulation, large scale training in simulated environments, sim-to-real transfer, robot foundation models, and skill learning.
- We look favorably upon extensive work experience and publishing peer reviewed work at top scientific venues in our field including RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, etc.
Responsibilities
- Dedicated Ai2 mentor: Mentorship in research, grant writing, and more.
- 50% collaborative work on an Ai2 project + UW projects.
- 50% work on your own projects.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program.
- Health savings account plan.
- Healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan.
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
- Company’s 401k plan.
- $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses.
- $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
- Up to ten sick days per year.
- Up to seven personal days per year.
- Up to 20 vacation days per year.
- Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
- Annual bonuses.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
