NVIDIA · 1 day ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Humanoid Robotics Loco-Manipulation
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$148K/yr - $288K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is seeking exceptional machine learning engineers to join our world-class robotics initiatives focused on humanoid loco-manipulation. The role involves collaborating with researchers and engineers to advance robotics foundation models and developing algorithms for humanoid robot locomotion and manipulation.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with researchers and engineers to define and execute projects in humanoid robotics loco-manipulation and mobile manipulation areas
Contribute to the development and advancement of GR00T and Cosmos foundation models
Develop reference workflows with Isaac Lab and Newton for humanoid and mobile manipulation dexterous tasks
Advance technologies for robot learning and synthetic data generation using human videos
Design, implement, and deploy novel algorithms for humanoid robot locomotion and manipulation in both simulated and real-world environments
Transfer innovations into products, with deliverables including prototypes, open source software contributions, patents, and/or publications in top conferences and journals
Qualification
Required
PhD or Master's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of experience working on robotics software
Strong programming skills in Python and C++
Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow, and physics simulation tools like Isaac Sim/Lab or MuJoCo
Expertise in foundation models for robotics and 3D perception
Experience with sim-to-real and real-to-sim transfer in robotics
Deep knowledge of robot learning, including imitation and reinforcement learning
Hands-on experience training Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models
Experience generating synthetic data for robotics applications
Great communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience learning from human video demonstrations or human-object reconstruction
Expertise in dexterous bimanual manipulation or whole-body control
Proven track record in robotics research, including publications in top conferences (e.g., RSS, ICRA, CoRL, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICLR)
Demonstrated technical leadership experience
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