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Meta · 2 weeks ago

Research Scientist Intern, Robotics Dexterous Manipulation (PhD)

Redmond, WA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$7,313/mo - $12,134/mo

Meta Reality Labs Research is seeking a Robotics Research Scientist Intern to drive foundational and applied research aimed at advancing state-of-the-art robotic architectures and dynamic in-hand manipulation. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to push the boundaries of robotics science and technology.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Explore forward-looking ways and novel robotic architectures to advance dynamic in-hand manipulation, generalizable dexterous and functional manipulation (rigid to deformable objects in-hand to against the environment)

Research novel sensors, robotic systems architectures, planning and control algorithms that involve tactile and multimodal vision and perception, dexterous manipulation and collision avoidance

Develop machine learning models and end-to-end applications for robotics, dexterous manipulation, and contextual understanding

Invent novel paradigms for robotics sensing and intelligence, leveraging a variety of sensing and machine perception modalities (images, video, audio, tactile, etc.)

Develop efficient models deployable to robotic systems, integrate research into full system-level robotic prototypes

Qualification

RoboticsMachine LearningC/C++PythonDeep Learning FrameworksRobotics Frameworks (ROS)Computer VisionTeam CollaborationCommunication Skills

Required

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics or related field

Research experience in at least one of the following research areas: robot learning, dexterous manipulation, control theory, optimization algorithms, representation learning, self-supervised learning, multimodal learning, vision-language-action (VLA) models, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, robotics policy development, computer vision, egocentric perception, embodied AI and/or LLMs

Experience in C/C++ and Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Must obtain work authorization in 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)

Experience with research and development of humanoid robots and dexterous robot hands

Experience with embedded systems and communication protocols

Experience with robotics frameworks such as Robot Operation System (ROS), along with experience working with robotic simulations and real-world robots

Experience bringing-up and debugging prototype/scientific software-hardware systems (e.g., robotics platforms, multi-camera sensing/tracking solutions, wearable sensing systems)

Experience working and communicating cross-functionally in a team environment

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