Robotics Research Intern - Mentored, Fixed-Term

Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship from industry experts

Fixed term employment contract up to two years

33 days annual leave

Group Personal Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Life insurance

Corporate social events

Job summary

Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd seeks candidates for robotics research focusing on robot learning and control systems. This position offers the opportunity to work with real robot systems, develop high-impact research, and contribute to top-tier publications. Candidates should possess a PhD in a relevant field and strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch. Mentorship from industry experts and a fixed-term contract are provided alongside a comprehensive benefits package including 33 days of annual leave.

Qualifications

• PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field required, exceptional master's students considered.
• Papers in top-tier conferences/journals required.
• Experience with real robots is essential.
• Strong understanding of robotics and machine learning is necessary.
• Strong programming skills in Python are critical.
• Experience with PyTorch is mandatory.
• Understanding of MPC is preferred.
• Familiarity with transformer architectures and attention mechanisms is needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-impact research output in the field of robot learning.
• Write research-level code to test novel ideas.
• Communicate research findings through publications.
• Aid in progressing research fields by open-sourcing code.

Skills

Robotics

Machine Learning

Python

PyTorch

Education

PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

C++

Job description

Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd seeks candidates for robotics research focusing on robot learning and control systems. This position offers the opportunity to work with real robot systems, develop high-impact research, and contribute to top-tier publications. Candidates should possess a PhD in a relevant field and strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch. Mentorship from industry experts and a fixed-term contract are provided alongside a comprehensive benefits package including 33 days of annual leave.