Robotics Engineer

Role Title: AI Engineer - Automation/Robotics 3Duration: 12 to 18 months contractWork Location: Redmond, WA (Onsite Role)Purpose of the Team: Our team is working on advancing the state of the art in robotic learning and foundation models.Explain a typical day in the role.:A typical day would include integrating a new simulation or robotic arm with our robotic learning framework by adapting our server/client code to the new API. Followed by collecting and converting demonstrations in that environment into the correct format for training a model. Finally launch finetuning runs of our internal VLAs and baseline external VLAs to be evaluated the next day.What is the ideal background of a candidate for this role?:A candidate familiar with training robotic models such as vision-language-action models, diffusion models, reinforcement learning policies. In addition, familiarity with either simulation environments or robotic hardware is necessary for system integration. What are unique selling points that would get candidates interested in your role over another?:Our team is working on advancing the state of the art in robotic learning and foundation models. Candidates will get to work with an agile and dynamic team and have the ability dramatically impact the direction of the research. How will contractor performance be measured?:Performance will be measured by impact on research objectives. This includes developing new features, performing evaluations, or creating documentations. We practice an agile task planning process where we collaboratively decide on duration and priority of tasks that make progress and impact clear to both parties.Top 4 Must-Have HARD Skills & years of experience for each:Python – 5 yearsPytorch – 2 yearsROS2 – 1 yearPhD or Master's Degree