Researcher, Robot Intelligence
Core
Conduct state-of-the-art research to advance robotics through novel technologies for generalizing robots to perform real-world tasks involving manipulation, navigation, and complex reasoning.
Role type
Senior IC Researcher (Robotics & Embodied Intelligence)
Builds
Novel robotic policies, autonomy architectures, 3D scene graphs, and multimodal models for Samsung's product ecosystem.
Domain
Robotics, Embodied AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models | research
Required skills
Robotics fundamentals (locomotion, manipulation, SLAM, ROS), Foundation models (VLA, VLM), Computer vision (object detection, segmentation, real-time video tokenization), 3D perception, Policy architectures, Model tuning, PyTorch, TensorFlow, C/C++, CUDA
Preferred skills
Task-and-motion planning (TAMP), World action models (WAMs), Chain-of-Thought reasoning, Real2sim2real transfer, Whole-body control, Patent generation
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, C, C++, Java, ROS, CUDA
Responsibilities
Design autonomy architectures interpreting high-level tasks; Develop efficient 3D scene graph representations; Scale robot evaluation pipelines across simulation and real-world fleets; Generate patents and scientific papers for top-tier venues.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
