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Basis Research Institute ยท 2 months ago

Research Scientist, Robotics

positionNew York, NY
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$120K/yr - $180K/yr

Basis Research Institute is a nonprofit applied AI research organization focused on understanding and building intelligence to solve complex societal problems. The Research Scientist in Robotics will lead efforts to develop foundational robotic control systems and collaborate with experts on significant challenges in robotics.

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Responsibilities

Contribute to the design, implementation, and deployment of foundational robotic control systems
Collaborate with domain experts on Basis scientific and societal challenge problems involving robotic interaction
Collaborate with domain experts on Basis scientific and societal challenge problems
Develop and maintain open-source software
Publish and present findings in journals and conferences (optional)
Contribute to the culture and direction of Basis

Qualification

Robotics expertiseMachine learning for roboticsPhD in relevant fieldReal-time control systemsRobotic perceptionDeep learning architecturesImitation learningReinforcement learningScientific researchSoftware developmentCollaborationProblem-solving

Required

Have a PhD (or equivalent research experience) in a relevant area such as Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field
Have hands-on experience with real-world robots, including: Working with robotic hardware, APIs, and real-time control systems
Integrating and utilizing camera systems and other sensors for robotic perception
Developing and deploying robotic control policies for manipulation tasks
Have experience with relevant aspects of machine learning for robotics, particularly some of the following: Deep learning architectures for vision and language processing in robotics
Imitation learning and reinforcement learning for robotic control
Techniques for robust generalization to unseen tasks, objects, and environments
Have demonstrated an ability to conduct first-class scientific research, published in venues such as CoRL, ICRA, RSS, NeurIPS, ICML, or in technical reports
Have demonstrated an ability to write excellent software
Be excited about solving real-world problems and having a positive societal impact

Company

Basis Research Institute

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Basis is a nonprofit applied research organization with two mutually reinforcing goals. The first is to understand and build intelligence.
dateFounded in 2022
location
New York, NY, US
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
https://www.basis.ai

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage

Leadership Team

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Zenna Tavares
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