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Toyota Research Institute · 1 week ago

Research Engineer, Simulation for Robot Learning

Los Altos, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$128K/yr - $192K/yr

2+ years exp

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is on a mission to improve the quality of human life through innovative robotics. The Research Engineer will develop AI-powered robots using high-fidelity simulation and Large Behavior Models, focusing on machine learning, computer vision, and robotics.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build, improve, and robustify end-to-end integrated ML pipelines for training multimodal (language, images, 3D, video, actions) models at scale

Develop and manage physics-based robot simulation environments enabling scalable training and evaluation of learning-based behavior models in realistic, physically grounded scenarios

Integrate and validate learned policies in simulation, assessing real-world applicability, generalization, and performance across diverse environments, tasks, geometries, and sensor viewpoints

Train, finetune, and serve robot foundation models with a strong MLOps mindset

Build processes for integrating collaboration-produced and open-source advancements and code into our internal stack

Collaborate with internal research scientists and our partner labs at top academic institutions and Toyota research labs to drive pioneering research at scale

Qualification

PythonRobotics simulationMachine learningPyTorchSimulation frameworksReinforcement learningBehavior learningMLOps toolsSoftware engineering best practicesCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Physics, or a related field

2+ years of professional engineering experience at an AI/ML-focused organization

Strong proficiency in Python and experience with simulation frameworks such as Isaac Sim, PyBullet, MuJoCo, or similar

Hands-on experience with robotics simulation, reinforcement learning, or large-scale machine learning

Familiarity with state-of-the-art methods in behavior learning and/or computer vision

Experience integrating ML models into simulated or real-world environments

Extensive practical experience with PyTorch

Ability to alternate between rapid prototyping and production-quality implementation

Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including testing, CI/CD, and documentation

Preferred

Experience deploying models on embodied systems/robots

Experience working in mixed teams of research scientists and engineers

Exposure to MLOps tools and infrastructure (e.g., Docker, EC2, S3, Sagemaker)

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) eligibility

Paid time off benefits (including vacation, sick time, and parental leave)

Annual cash bonus structure

Company

Toyota Research Institute

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Toyota Research Institute is an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and robotics.

Founded in 2016

Palo Alto, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.tri.global

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