Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. · 1 day ago
Scientist: Physical AI
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelHonda Research Institute USA (HRI-US) is looking for a passionate and self-motivated research scientist to join their Robotics Division. The role involves innovating and participating in key areas of robotic intelligence development to enable robots to perceive, understand, and perform complex actions in the real world.
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Responsibilities
Research, ideate, and implement robot cognition and reasoning algorithms for adaptive intelligence to enable learning robust behaviors and recover from failures
Validate the results 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
Supervise interns
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field
Expert Knowledge on learning-based methods such as reinforcement learning, generative models (e.g. diffusion) and inference models
Extensive experience in development of planning and control methods for autonomous systems
Strong familiarity with transformer models and (multimodal) foundation models (e.g. VLMs)
Extensive experience with physics-based simulations
Strong familiarity with sensing and state estimation in robotics
Solid knowledge of fundamentals of robotics. (e.g. robot kinematics and dynamics, control systems, haptics.)
Strong track record of publishing in top robotics venues (e.g T-RO, RA-L, T-M, CoRL, ICRA, IROS, RSS, …)
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
Hands-on experience on development and successful implementation of planning, control and recovery algorithms for real-world contact-rich manipulation using multi-fingered hands
Strong familiarity with both model and learning-based approaches for manipulation
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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