Embodied AI Researcher — Robotics Foundation Models

LG Electronics USA; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Generous PTO & holidays

Short-term incentive programs

Mental health resources

Job summary

LG Electronics USA is seeking an Embodied AI Researcher to advance LG’s Zero-labor Home vision. The role blends fundamental research with deployment, driving generalist robot intelligence and scalable platforms for LG’s home robot ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will publish at leading conferences, collaborate across global teams, and push frontier AI toward real-world products used by millions, in a hybrid setup with strong research ownership.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, ML or related field with strong publication record.
• Expertise in Robot Foundation Models, world model training, spatial intelligence, multimodal representation learning, and learning from demonstrations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across teams.
• Ability to independently drive technically ambitious research projects.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fundamental and applied Embodied AI research to advance state of the art and publish at top conferences.
• Develop Robot Foundation Models and enable 3D spatial reasoning, dexterous manipulation, zero-shot generalization, long-horizon planning, and safe human-robot interaction.
• Train multimodal models integrating vision, language, tactile sensing, and proprioception for real-world performance.
• Architect scalable data pipelines combining simulation, generative AI, and real-world data for large-scale training.
• Collaborate with global teams and hardware partners to integrate embodied AI into LG's consumer ecosystem.
• Help define technical strategy and long-term research roadmaps for LG's embodied AI initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

Independent research

Publication track record

Education

PhD in CS/Robotics/ML

Tools

PyBullet

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Job description

LG Electronics USA is seeking an Embodied AI Researcher to advance LG’s Zero-labor Home vision. The role blends fundamental research with deployment, driving generalist robot intelligence and scalable platforms for LG’s home robot ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will publish at leading conferences, collaborate across global teams, and push frontier AI toward real-world products used by millions, in a hybrid setup with strong research ownership.