Google DeepMind · 12 hours ago
Research Scientist, Safe Humanoid Robots
New York City, New York, US
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$141K/yr - $202K/yrGoogle DeepMind is a team of scientists and engineers focused on advancing artificial intelligence for public benefit. They are seeking Research Scientists to join their Robotics team, where the role involves designing algorithms and working with humanoid robots to ensure safety and improve capabilities in real-world scenarios.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentFoundational AIMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Design, implement, train and evaluate large models and algorithms for humanoid robots
Make breakthroughs and unlock new humanoid safety capabilities. Areas of focus include:
Algorithmic and model development to improve a robot agent's understanding of it’s own embodiment and VLA capabilities
Learned policies for appropriate responses around people, and responses in atypical situations such actuator faults; Human Robot Interaction
Write software to implement research ideas and iterate quickly
Leverage your expertise to participate in a wide variety of research: learning from simulation, reinforcement learning, learning from demonstrations, vision-language-action models, transformers, video generation, robot control, humanoid robots and more
Work effectively with a large collaborative team with fast-paced agendas to meet ambitious research goals
Generate creative ideas, set up experiments and test hypotheses. Report and present research findings clearly and efficiently both internally and externally
Qualification
Required
PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience
Knowledge of the latest in large machine learning research
Experience working with real-world robots
Preferred
Research track record in one or more of the following topics: Humanoid Whole Body Control, Vision Language Action models; Motion Planning, Force Control, AI Safety, Diffusion Policies, World Models, Imitation Learning and Reinforcement Learning, Sim2Real Transfer, Alignment Techniques
Expertise in using large datasets with deep neural networks to make real robots useful
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind aims to research and build safe artificial intelligence system to solve intelligence and advance science and humanity. It is a sub-organization of Google.
Founded in 2010
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2014-01-26Acquired
2011-02-01Series A
Leadership Team
Demis Hassabis
Co-Founder & CEO
Aaron Saunders
VP of Hardware Engineering, Robotics
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