Boston Dynamics · 18 hours ago
Research Scientist, Atlas Behavior Learning
Waltham, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expBoston Dynamics is a leader in robotics, and they are seeking a Research Scientist for their Atlas Behavior Learning team. The role involves designing and deploying advanced robot learning algorithms to enhance humanoid manipulation capabilities using machine learning techniques.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)RoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
Design, train, and deploy state of the art robot learning algorithms to tackle mobile & bimanual manipulation tasks
Contribute to foundation models shaping the future of humanoid robotics
Train control policies using RL to solve dexterous manipulation tasks
Distil many different policies using BC and RL with pixel observations
Deploying and debugging learned policies on Atlas
Qualification
Required
MS with 3 years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
Extensive Experience training and deploying RL policies for complex behaviors on real robots or simulated characters
Excitement for integrating, running, and evaluating their learned policies on the robot
Has in-depth knowledge about domain randomization to bridge the sim-2-real gap
Strong foundation in Python and modern ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch and Jax)
Experience in algorithm design, debugging, and performance optimization
Preferred
A PhD or equivalent research experience in reinforcement learning or robotic manipulation
Publications at top tier venues including RSS, CoRL, Science Robotics, ICLR, NeuRIPS
Familiarity with behavior cloning and has trained a diffusion policy from images
Prior experience with student-teacher training workflows
Company
Boston Dynamics
Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$37MKey Investors
SoftBank
2020-12-09Acquired
2019-02-06Series Unknown· $37M
Leadership Team
Robert Playter
Chief Executive Officer
Marc Theermann
Chief Strategy Officer
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