Science & Research Jobs in Menlo Park, CA (Now Hiring) — 143 open — Page 8

Company Description

Role Description

What You’ll Do

• Deploy Robust Manipulation Algorithms: Design and implement algorithms for complex bimanual tasks — pick/place, insertion, tool use — that perform reliably in dynamic industrial environments, not just in the lab.
• Develop Learning-Based Behaviors: Train robot policies using Diffusion Policy, imitation learning, and reinforcement learning to improve performance, robustness, and failure recovery.
• Drive Full-Stack Autonomy: Contribute to end-to-end systems that connect perception, semantic task understanding, and low-level robot control into a unified, reliable autonomy stack.
• Ship & Scale: Write, review, and maintain mission-critical Python and C++ code, continuously profiling and improving our stack for performance and reliability across our growing fleet.

Qualifications

• Education: PhD or MS in Robotics, CS, or related field with a track record of publications at CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, or CoRL.
• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience shipping code for physical robots.
• Technical Expertise: Deep expertise in manipulation planning, imitation learning, and/or reinforcement learning.
• Engineering Excellence: Production-level proficiency in Python and C++ with a track record of building robust, maintainable systems.
• Familiarity with sim-to-real transfer and high-fidelity simulators (Isaac Lab, MuJoCo).

Why Join Us

• Ownership: We offer a substantial equity package designed for those who believe in our mission and want to be rewarded for the company's long-term success.
• Impact: Work directly on real-world projects and see your code deployed in the real world immediately.
• Culture: A collaborative, high-velocity supportive environment conducive to both personal and professional growth.