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Meta · 2 days ago

AI Research Scientist, Robotics

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$219K/yr - $301K/yr

5+ years exp

Meta is building the future of human connection through innovative technologies. They are seeking an AI Research Scientist in Robotics to conduct fundamental and applied research in embodied artificial intelligence, develop algorithms, and lead novel research initiatives.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Perform fundamental and applied research to push the scientific and technological frontiers of embodied artificial intelligence

Invent/improve novel data-driven paradigms for robotics, leveraging a variety of modalities (images, video, text, audio, tactile, etc.)

Investigate paradigms that can deliver a spectrum of embodied behaviors - from simulated characters to real robots, and from short-horizon, low-level to long-horizon, high-level intelligence

Develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies

Define, build and benchmark new functionality needed for the next generation of AI

Conduct research towards long-term product goals while identifying intermediate milestones

Lead, plan, and execute novel research based on long-term objectives of the organization

Qualification

RoboticsMachine LearningComputer VisionDeep LearningPythonReinforcement LearningSim-to-Real TransferHuman-Robot InteractionMotion PlanningCross-Functional CommunicationResearch SkillsFabricationPrototypingProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

PhD degree in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Language, a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience with any of the following research areas: robotics, motion planning, embodied AI, human-robot interaction, sim-to-real transfer, learning from demonstration, reinforcement learning, dexterous manipulation, digital agents, vision language models, computer vision, egocentric perception, and/or Large Language Models

5+ years of industry experience in relevant robotics related research areas, such as: Vision Language Models robot learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, action-conditioned world models, task and motion planning, sim-to-real transfer robotic control, manipulation, navigation, or generally embodied AI

Preferred

Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences in Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR), Robotics (ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL), Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV)

7+ years of industry experience in relevant robotics related research areas, such as: robot learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, action-conditioned world models, task and motion planning, sim-to-real transfer robotic control, manipulation, navigation, or generally embodied AI

Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)

Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources

Experience building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods

Experience with deep learning frameworks (such as PyTorch, Tensorflow) and Python

Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and different perspectives to determine a path forward

Experience working with robot simulations and real-world hardware

Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment