Robotics ML Control Policy Intern: Dexterous Manipulation

Meta; Redmond; On-site; AUD 79,000 - 98,000; Part time

Job summary

Reality Labs Research at Meta seeks a Research Scientist Intern to advance robotic control policies for dexterous manipulation and teleoperation, combining ML with control theory. You will work at the intersection of robotics and human-robot interaction, guided by mentors from leading labs. Internships span 12–24 weeks with flexible start dates.

Candidates should hold or pursue a Ph.D. in CS/AI/Robotics and demonstrate strong cross-functional collaboration, RL/IL experience, and a proven

Qualifications

• Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, or relevant technical field
• Understand state of the art in robotic manipulation control policies, and advancing the technological frontier in an impactful and efficient way
• Experience with RoS, Python, PyTorch or JAX, or other related languages
• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as Robotics (RSS, ICRA, IROS, CoRL, T-RO, IJRR), Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, JMLR), and Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI), or similar
• Experience with modern control policies like reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and large behavioral models
• Familiarity with modeling and analysis used in robotics including kinematics, dynamics, motion planning, perception, task planning, and control theory
• Experience working with robot manipulation
• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
• Intent to return to the degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op
• Availability for minimum 16 consecutive week internship

Responsibilities

• Develop data-driven/ML-powered robotic control policies for dextrous manipulation and teleoperation applications
• Collaborate with mentors and world-leading researchers across robotics, ML, and human-robot interaction

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

ROS

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, Robotics

Job description

Reality Labs Research at Meta seeks a Research Scientist Intern to advance robotic control policies for dexterous manipulation and teleoperation, combining ML with control theory. You will work at the intersection of robotics and human-robot interaction, guided by mentors from leading labs. Internships span 12–24 weeks with flexible start dates.

Candidates should hold or pursue a Ph.D. in CS/AI/Robotics and demonstrate strong cross-functional collaboration, RL/IL experience, and a proven