Predoctoral Young Investigator, Robotics Seattle, WA View job
Core
Researching language-model based AI and natural language processing for robotics, specifically developing broadly competent robots through scalable simulation domains.
Role type
Predoctoral Young Investigator (early career researcher)
Builds
Scalable simulation domains, robot foundation models, and open-source research tools.
Domain
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
robot manipulation, large scale training in simulated environments, sim-to-real transfer, robot foundation models, skill learning
Preferred skills
experience with language-model based AI, natural language processing
Technologies
GPU-accelerated simulation environments
Responsibilities
Investigate scaling and generalization properties of foundation models for robotics; Develop agents that manipulate objects and acquire new skills; Build and leverage scalable simulation environments for large-scale training; Make substantial contributions to open-source methods, datasets, and benchmarks.
Seniority
Early career, pre-PhD or early PhD