Predoctoral Young Investigator, Robotics
Core
Researching scalable simulation domains and foundation models to develop broadly competent robots capable of manipulation and skill learning.
Role type
Predoctoral Young Investigator (Research)
Builds
Scalable simulation environments, robot foundation models, and open-source research tools.
Domain
Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Robot manipulation, sim-to-real transfer, skill learning, foundation models, large-scale training in simulation, open-source research
Preferred skills
Experience with GPU-accelerated environments, background in robotics or NLP
Technologies
Simulation environments, GPU-accelerated pipelines, open-source frameworks
Responsibilities
Investigate scaling and generalization properties of foundation models for robotics, develop agents that manipulate objects and acquire new skills, build scalable simulation environments, contribute to open-source methods and datasets
Seniority
Early career, pre-PhD or early PhD
