Robotics Research Engineer — Foundation Models

General Robotics; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

General Robotics seeks Research Engineers in Singapore to develop foundation models for GRID, spanning model architecture, large-scale training, RL, simulation, and evaluation to enable robotic behaviors that generalize across tasks and embodiments.

We value deep expertise in core areas; breadth across all topics is not required. The role collaborates with the Singapore and US teams to advance Physical AI-powered robotics and deploy robust research in real-world settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/Robotics.
• Experience in ML, robotics, or computer vision.
• Strong Python and PyTorch proficiency.
• Experience with at least one robotics simulation platform.
• Familiarity with inverse kinematics, dynamics, and robotic manipulation.
• Demonstrated research ability via publications or substantial contributions.
• Must obtain and maintain work authorization in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Formulate research hypotheses and design rigorous experiments informed by deployment needs.
• Develop and scale foundation models for robotic perception and action.
• Leverage simulation and diverse datasets for pretraining, post-training, reinforcement learning, and evaluation.
• Scale existing simulation platforms for data generation and reinforcement learning across heterogeneous scenes and tasks.
• Advance generalization beyond demonstrated tasks and robust spatial understanding.
• Improve sim-to-real transfer and reliability under real-world deployment constraints.
• Develop Auto-Engineering methods for scalable and robust deployment.
• Implement, evaluate, and clearly communicate research as reusable, production-quality work.

Skills

Python programming

Machine learning

Robotics

Research proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Robotics

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

PyTorch

MuJoCo

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

NumPy

Job description

General Robotics seeks Research Engineers in Singapore to develop foundation models for GRID, spanning model architecture, large-scale training, RL, simulation, and evaluation to enable robotic behaviors that generalize across tasks and embodiments.

We value deep expertise in core areas; breadth across all topics is not required. The role collaborates with the Singapore and US teams to advance Physical AI-powered robotics and deploy robust research in real-world settings.