Young Investigator, Robotics Seattle, WA View job
Core
Postdoctoral researcher developing scalable simulation domains and foundation models for robot manipulation and skill learning.
Role type
Postdoctoral Young Investigator (Robotics)
Builds
Scalable simulation environments, robot foundation models, and open-source research tools.
Domain
Robotics, Machine Learning, Simulation
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
Peer-reviewed publications at top venues (RSS, CoRL, ICRA, NeurIPS, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV), extensive work experience
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; Contribute to fully open methods, datasets, benchmarks, and tools
Seniority
Postdoctoral (within one year of PhD completion or PhD holder)