AI Research Engineer, Collaborative Robots

• Are you passionate about advancing the capabilities of autonomous robots through cutting-edge AI and machine learning?
• Do you enjoy working on innovative solutions that bring state-of-the-art research into real-world applications?
• Applicants must graduate prior to August 2025 to be eligible for this role
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, AI, Machine Learning, or related field
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch, Tensorflow, etc
• Experience working with point clouds, depth images, and other types of 3D data
• Understanding of multimodal models, modern ML architectures (transformers, diffusion models, etc.)
• Experience with perception for robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other real world applications
• Proficiency with Git, version control, and Linux environments
• Skilled in Python
• Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team
• Willing to occasionally travel
• Must have and maintain US work authorization

Desirable

• Our growing robotics startup is looking for an AI Research Engineer, Applied, to join our team
• Your contributions will help define how robots operate in dynamic, real-world environments, bringing meaningful impact to customers and industries
• In this role, you will develop and maintain software for our on-robot autonomy stack, applying the latest advancements in AI research, including perception, multimodal models, and large language models (LLMs)
• You’ll work on tasks such as training machine learning models for perception (e.g. , segmentation, detection, pose estimation), optimizing them for on-robot deployment, and using machine learning and AI to improve fleet-level performance
• By collaborating closely with our Foundation Models AI research team, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing the capabilities of our robots deployed at customer sites
• Collaborative Robotics is a team of innovators and builders redefining the future of human-robot interaction
• We are working to realize a world where robots are a trusted extension of your surroundings
• They work, adapt, and react around you
• Not the other way around
• Develop and maintain software for our on-robot autonomy stack leveraging the latest AI research in perception, multimodal models, and LLMs
• Leverage open source models and the latest research papers to improve the capabilities of our robots operating in customer sites
• Use AI to improve fleet level performance of our robots including intelligent task queuing
• Train machine learning models for perception tasks such as segmentation, detection, and pose estimation
• Optimize trained models for on-robot deployment
• Work closely with our Foundation Models AI research team to apply their research to our robot platform

• The application deadline for this role is January 1st, 2025
• Interviews will take place mid-January 2025, for Summer 2025 start dates