Robotics Research Engineer – Foundation Models

general robotics corporation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Robotics is seeking Research Engineers to develop foundation models for GRID, spanning model architecture, large-scale training, reinforcement learning, simulation, and evaluation to enable robotic behaviors that generalize across tasks and environments.

We value deep expertise in key areas; breadth across every topic is not required. The role emphasizes producing production-quality research and close collaboration with our Singapore team and US counterparts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field or equivalent
• Research or applied experience in machine learning, robotics, or computer vision.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience with PyTorch.
• Experience developing and evaluating ML models or robotics algorithms.
• Experience with at least one robotics simulation platform.
• Familiarity with inverse kinematics, dynamics, and robotic manipulation.
• Demonstrated research ability through publications or equivalent work.
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment.

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 datasets for pretraining, post-training, RL, and evaluation.
• Scale simulation platforms for data generation and RL across scenes and tasks.
• Advance generalization beyond demonstrated tasks and robust spatial understanding.
• Improve sim-to-real transfer and deployment reliability.
• Develop Auto-Engineering methods for scalable deployment.
• Communicate research as reusable, production-quality work.

Skills

Python programming

PyTorch

Machine learning

Robotics

Research ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Robotics/ related field

MS or PhD in ML/Robotics/CS

Tools

Robotics simulation platforms

NVIDIA Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

ManiSkill

Job description

General Robotics is seeking Research Engineers to develop foundation models for GRID, spanning model architecture, large-scale training, reinforcement learning, simulation, and evaluation to enable robotic behaviors that generalize across tasks and environments.

We value deep expertise in key areas; breadth across every topic is not required. The role emphasizes producing production-quality research and close collaboration with our Singapore team and US counterparts.