Research Engineer - Robot Learning
Applied IntuitionVisit Applied Intuition website
Applied Intuition is a physical-AI company that provides software platforms for developing, validating, deploying, and operating intelligent vehicles and machines.
Sunnyvale, United States
About Applied Intuition
Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition builds physical-AI tooling and infrastructure, a Vehicle OS, and a Self-Driving System for automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and robotics applications.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will support robotic hardware and data-collection setup, design mechatronic systems, construct robotic simulation environments for reinforcement-learning training, process human data, publish research, and help deploy autonomy algorithms and simulation tools.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with foundation models, video or Gaussian generation, diffusion policy, multimodal robot learning, VLA post-training, reinforcement learning, physics-aware reconstruction, or deformable simulation
- Experience with Python, PyTorch, computer vision, robotics systems, and distributed machine-learning model training
- Master's or PhD in machine learning, computer vision, autonomy, robotics, or a closely related field
- At least 1 year of experience in autonomy and robotics applications or a closely related field
Responsibilities
- Support robotic hardware and data-collection setup
- Design mechatronic systems for customized requirements
- Construct robotic simulation environments for reinforcement-learning training
- Process human data for robotic use cases
- Work on research publications for top-tier conferences
- Collaborate with engineering teams to deploy autonomy algorithms and simulation tools
Benefits
- Equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off