Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. · 13 hours ago
Postdoctoral Research Scientist: Robotics and Control Systems
San Jose, CA
Contract
Onsite
Senior LevelHonda Research Institute USA (HRI-US) is seeking a passionate and self-motivated postdoctoral research scientist to join our Robotics Division. The role involves innovating and participating in key areas of robot behavior design, including the development of failure reasoning and recovery methods as well as high-level planning and control algorithms for robotic dexterous manipulation.
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Responsibilities
Research, ideate, and implement novel and robust model- and learning-based robot behaviors and interaction control algorithms, enabling contact-rich manipulation in various real-world application domains including dexterous object manipulation
Research, ideate, and implement robot reasoning algorithms for understanding and predicting failure, recoverying from failure, and learning successful task strategies through adaptive intelligence that can enable generalizability to new scenarios
Develop and implement simulation environments for data collection
Validate dexterous robot behavior algorithms through comprehensive data analysis and successful demonstrations on hardware
Deliver results in accordance with the project timelines
Assist with compiling written and oral reports for executives within the company and performing demos
Contribute to the portfolio of patents, academic publications, and prototypes to demonstrate research value
Collaborate with our teams of scientists and engineers in Honda's regional and global R&D offices, as well as with our partners in academia and industry
Assist with supervising interns
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, robotics, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field
Expert knowledge on fundamentals of robotics. e.g. robot kinematics and dynamics, control systems, force control, haptics
Expert Knowledge on learning-based methods such as reinforcement learning, generative models and inference models
Extensive hands-on experience on development and successful implementation of planning, control and recovery algorithms for contact-rich manipulation in real-world
Proven experience with one or more physics simulators such as MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, PyBullet, Drake, or Gazebo
Familiarity with large models including VLMs, LLMs, and multi-modal foundation models
Strong track record of publishing in top robotics venues (e.g T-RO, RA-L, T-M, ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL, …)
Solid programming skills in C++ or Python and strong familiarity with ROS
Self-motivated to advance the project and deliver on-time
Strong written and oral communication skills including development and delivery of presentations, papers, and technical documents
Preferred
Strong familiarity with both model and learning-based approaches for manipulation
Extensive experience with algorithm and software development (and debugging) for complex robotic systems involving design, implementation and integration of multiple planners, controllers, and perception systems
Research experience and expertise in planning and control for dexterous manipulation with tactile robotic multi-fingered hands
Company
Honda Research Institute USA, Inc.
Honda Research Institute, USA was established in 2003 as North America’s advanced research center that provides innovative solutions to complex problems with direct applications to Honda’s current and future technology roadmap.
Founded in 2003
51-200 employees
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