About the job
We are looking for a Robotics Software Engineer III to join our Skills team and develop manipulation behaviors for humanoid robots. You will own a task vertical from definition through reliable on-robot execution, working across learned and classical manipulation approaches.
Responsibilities
Own a task vertical from definition through reliable on-robot execution
Work across learned and classical manipulation methods
Run iterative policy improvements across data collection, annotation, training, evaluation, and deployment
Work closely with teleoperators to improve data quality and operator instructions
Develop grading rubrics and evaluation workflows that make progress measurable
Root cause failures using logs, replays, and analysis of state distributions
Integrate learned policies with higher-level skills so they can execute inside complete robot workflows
Build general manipulation capabilities that reduce the amount of task-specific tuning
Experiment with off-the-shelf manipulation and perception models
Partner with the ML team that owns the base large behavior model, LfD flywheel, and training recipes used to post-train policies for specific manipulation tasks
Qualifications
Minimum
MS or PhD in Robotics, AI, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
2+ years of experience deploying manipulation behaviors on real robots
Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Python
Experience with robot data collection, training, and testing on hardware to perform manipulation tasks
Familiarity with at least some of the following: grasp planning, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, force control, teleoperation, robot sensors, visual servoing, and object perception
Strong analytical, experimental, and debugging skills
Comfortable working hands-on with robotic systems in a lab environment
Preferred
No preferred qualifications listed.