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Meta · 4 months ago

Research Scientist Intern, Robotic End Effector (PhD)

Redmond, WA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$7,650/mo - $12,134/mo

Meta is a technology company focused on connecting people and building immersive experiences through augmented and virtual reality. They are seeking a Research Scientist Intern to conduct collaborative research on developing novel end effectors for robotic dexterous manipulation, working at the intersection of advanced transducers, electromechanical design, robotic control, and machine learning.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Conduct collaborative research on developing novel end effectors for robotic dexterous manipulation

Rapid prototype end effector mechatronic design and test

Develop benchmarks as needed to assess the performance of each prototype

Apply design-in-simulation and other optimization techniques to rapidly iterate through the design space for end effectors, using physics models as appropriate

Design fabricate and test novel end effectors that leverage advanced transducers

Collaborate with SW researchers to create frameworks to train state-of-the-art control policies for control of the end effectors

Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results

Qualification

Robotic manipulationElectromechanical designRapid prototypingProgramming languagesRobotics frameworksCross-functional communicationTeam collaboration

Required

Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or relevant technical field

Understand state of the art in robotic manipulation and advancing the technological frontier in an impactful and efficient way

Experience with rapid prototyping spanning both hardware and software

Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred

Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as Robotics (RSS, ICRA, IROS, CoRL, T-RO, IJRR), Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, JMLR), and Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI), or similar

Experience working with robot manipulation

Experience with electro-mechanical design tools such as Solidworks, Siemens NX, Altium Designer, or other related software

Experience with programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, C/C++, or other related languages

Experience with robotics-related frameworks such as ROS, Mujoco, and ISAAC Sim

Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op

Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

Availability for minimum 16 consecutive week internship