Research Scientist, Robotics Systems Job at Meta (Redmond)

Research Scientist, Robotics Systems

At Meta, we’re building the future of human connection and the technology that e...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

154000.00 - 217000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years experience in Robotics, Electro-Mechanical Design, Sensor & Communications, or a similar field
PhD degree or equivalent experience in Robotics, Physical AI, or a similar field
Experience designing complex electromechanical assemblies (robotics, automotive, aerospace, industrial automation or a similar domain)
Experience with Robotics and consumer electronic product design
Experience with more than one of the following: motor design and control, digital control theory, optimization algorithms, feedback control algorithms, chip-level sensor design, gear-ratio optimization, dynamic system ID and machine learning
Experience with organizational and analytical skills, driving technical strategy and execution in a fast-paced, high ambiguity environment

Job Responsibility

Conduct research advancing novel robotics design and development, including new components and/or processes that guide toward production-ready systems
Drive the Robotics roadmap, exploring forward-looking ways to accelerate novel robotic architectures
Design and Development: research mechanical and electrical design and analysis problems for robotics structure, new sensors, mechanisms, power transmissions, communication hardware/firmware and systems integration while balancing ergonomics, performance, reliability
Research and design planning and control algorithms for executing actions to motors integrating sensors and actuations, frequently interacting with the Large Model (VLM/VLA) AI team and Mechatronics team
Perform experiments of real and simulation robotic systems and debug the supporting parts manufacture, working with internal and external partners to support part fabrication and complex custom sub assembly
Assembly of robot: hands-on partnership in the lab integrating research with construction of sub-assemblies into full system-level robot prototypes
Failure analysis: build subsystem test fixtures, design tests, create test plans, perform tests, measure and analyze data, and refine design assumptions
Develop novel mechanical contact sensors and research to understand the mechanics of materials
Develop novel non-contact sensors and research to understand the underlying physics behind the sensors
Develop communication hardware and firmware software

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Research Scientist, Sensor and Systems Robotics (PhD)

The Sensor and Systems Research group at Reality Labs Research is seeking a Robo...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

122000.00 - 181000.00 USD / Year

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Physical AI, Machine Learning, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
Research experience in at least one of the following research areas: robotics, dexterous manipulation, control theory, optimization algorithms, representation learning, self-supervised learning, multimodal learning, vision-language-action (VLA) models, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, robotics policy development, computer vision, egocentric perception, embodied AI and/or LLMs
Experience in C/C++ and Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Job Responsibility

Explore forward-looking ways and novel robotic architectures to advance dynamic in-hand manipulation, generalizable dexterous and functional manipulation (rigid to deformable objects in-hand to against the environment)
Research novel sensors, robotic systems architectures, planning and control algorithms that involve tactile and multimodal vision and perception, dexterous manipulation and collision avoidance
Develop machine learning models and end-to-end applications for robotics, dexterous manipulation, and contextual understanding
Invent novel paradigms for robotics sensing and intelligence, leveraging a variety of sensing and machine perception modalities (images, video, audio, tactile, etc.)
Develop efficient models deployable to robotic systems, integrate research into full system-level robotic prototypes

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Fulltime

AI Robotics Research Scientist

Nimble is an AI robotics company building the autonomous supply chain to power f...

Location

United States , San Francisco

Salary:

200000.00 - 300000.00 USD / Year

Egnyte

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

P.h.D in Robotics or Computer Science
Experience training deep learning models for robotic manipulation or mobility
Experience working with real robotic hardware
Experience training models in simulation and developing simulation environments
Experience collecting custom datasets
Experience training on open-source datasets
Strong track record of publishing papers and/or deploying real-world applications
Experience with system architecture, design and development
Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Must be able to work in San Francisco

Job Responsibility

Develop and train VLAs and generalist visuomotor policies to automate thousands of tasks across the supply chain
Develop data collection pipelines
Design data annotation and labeling
Support implementation of models into production systems

What we offer

Unlimited Flexible Time Off
Health Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Commuter Benefits
Referral Bonus
401k
Equity

Fulltime

Research Scientist Intern, Robotics Dexterous Manipulation

Meta Reality Labs Research is seeking a Robotics Research Scientist to drive fou...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

7313.00 - 12134.00 USD / Month

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, Robotics or related field
Research experience in at least one of the following research areas: robot learning, dexterous manipulation, control theory, optimization algorithms, representation learning, self-supervised learning, multimodal learning, vision-language-action (VLA) models, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, robotics policy development, computer vision, egocentric perception, embodied AI and/or LLMs
Experience in C/C++ and Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Job Responsibility

Explore forward-looking ways and novel robotic architectures to advance dynamic in-hand manipulation, generalizable dexterous and functional manipulation (rigid to deformable objects in-hand to against the environment)
Research novel sensors, robotic systems architectures, planning and control algorithms that involve tactile and multimodal vision and perception, dexterous manipulation and collision avoidance
Develop machine learning models and end-to-end applications for robotics, dexterous manipulation, and contextual understanding
Invent novel paradigms for robotics sensing and intelligence, leveraging a variety of sensing and machine perception modalities (images, video, audio, tactile, etc.)
Develop efficient models deployable to robotic systems, integrate research into full system-level robotic prototypes

Research Scientist – World Models, Robotics & Embodied AI

Meta Reality Labs Research (RL Research) brings together a team of researchers a...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

Not provided

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in the field of Computer Vision, Robotics, AI, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
Research experience involving 3D Computer Vision, Deep Learning, or Robotics—specifically related to multimodal or 3D generative modeling, predictive world models, scene understanding, or learning-based robotic control
Experience with real-world system building and data collection, including design, coding, and evaluation with modern ML methods
Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers
Experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., Pytorch, Tensorflow) and Python
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Job Responsibility

Drive fundamental and applied research at the intersection of multi-modal generative AI, predictive world modeling, embodied reasoning, and robotic manipulation
Investigate or invent architectures that deliver a spectrum of embodied behaviors from simulated environments to real robots, and from tactile-driven motor control to high-level, long-horizon intelligence
Design research methodologies and lead empirical evaluations, authoring well-tested code for physical hardware and simulators
Build prototype systems that drive multi-step, long-horizon robotic perception, reasoning, and action
Contribute to and lead high-impact publications and open-sourcing efforts
Identify long-term research goals while executing intermediate milestones
Collaborate with a wide-ranging set of scientists and engineers across teams

Fulltime

Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal Generative AI and Robotics

The research intern will work on cutting edge research problems to innovate nove...

Location

United States , Redmond

Salary:

7650.00 - 12134.00 USD / Month

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in the domain of computer-vision, computer graphics, 3D machine perception or deep learning
Knowledge in deep learning, computer vision, graphics, generative modeling, LLMs and VLMs
Hands-on experience with implementing deep learning algorithms, large-scale training, benchmark and evaluation
Experience working within Python environments such as pytorch
Experience working in a Unix environment
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Job Responsibility

Plan and execute cutting-edge research and development to advance the state-of-the-art in machine learning and large-scale training
Collaborate with other researchers and engineers across machine perception teams at Meta to develop experiments, prototypes, and concepts that advance the state-of-the-art contextual AI and robotic systems
Work with the team to help design, setup, and run practical experiments and prototype systems related to large-scale high-quality sensing and machine reasoning

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Research Scientist Intern, State Estimation for Dexterous Manipulation

At Reality Labs Research, our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel inte...

Location

United States of America , Redmond

Salary:

7650.00 - 12134.00 USD / Month

Meta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or relevant technical field
Strong background in representation learning, generative models, or neural implicit representations (e.g., Gaussian splatting, NeRF, structured latent variable models)
Experience with physics-based estimation, state estimation, or system identification in robotic or dynamical systems (e.g. Bayesian filtering, online adaptation, or meta-learning for system identification)
Experience with Python and PyTorch
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Job Responsibility

Design and implement latent space representations for object physical state during robotics manipulation tasks that go beyond fixed parameter sets
Design and execute controlled experiments to validate the representation: measuring adaptation speed, property decoding fidelity, and downstream control performance against baselines (no object state, explicit physical parameters, raw sensor history)
Benchmark the latent state representation on practical dexterous manipulation tasks
Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results
Showcase the value in simulated or physical demos

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Staff Research Scientist - VLM / VLA

At General Motors, our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-ce...

Location

United States , Mountain View

Salary:

218800.00 - 335300.00 USD / Year

General Motors

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
5+ years of experience in AI/ML research and applied development
Deep expertise in modern ML architectures (transformers, generative AI, multimodal systems)
Strong programming skills in Python
Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring abilities, comfortable influencing technical strategy and guiding ML excellence across the organization

Job Responsibility

Research, design, and prototype advanced Vision-Language Models and Vision-Language-Action foundational models tailored for real-time semantic understanding and behavioral prediction in autonomous driving
Drive the technical strategy for onboard model optimization, leading initiatives in model quantization, pruning, knowledge distillation, and compilation to ensure high-parameter models execute with ultra-low latency on vehicle edge hardware
Advance multimodal alignment techniques, ensuring seamless integration of camera, radar, LiDAR, and textual/logical prompts into unified foundational architectures
Influence technical roadmaps and shape strategic machine learning priorities that align with safety requirements, core product milestones, and next-generation vehicle launches
Provide technical mentorship and long-term vision to a multidisciplinary group of machine learning engineers, software developers, and hardware specialists
Foster internal innovation by collaborating closely with perception, planning, and infrastructure teams to integrate foundational models into the core autonomous software stack
Represent the company externally to the global scientific community by publishing original research, securing patents, and presenting at top-tier artificial intelligence and robotics conferences

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Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
retirement savings plan
sickness and accident benefits
life insurance
paid vacation & holidays
tuition assistance programs

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