Fall 2026 PhD Robotics Internship — Humanoid Manipulation

Lever, Inc.; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI invites PhD students to join our Fall 2026 internship in Boston, focusing on humanoid manipulation and embodied intelligence. You will work at the intersection of robotics research and applied engineering to advance manipulation capabilities while contributing to autonomous robot learning and field-ready systems.

You will collaborate with researchers to publish results in top robotics venues, help build data pipelines for robotics foundation models, and engage with engineers on hardware

Qualifications

• PhD student pursuing robotics-related research.
• Strong foundation in robot kinematics, dynamics and control.
• Proficient in Python and/or C++, with robotics/ML tooling.
• Experience designing experiments and evaluating robotic systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evaluate manipulation strategies for humanoid robots across tasks.
• Explore loco-manipulation problems integrating perception, planning, and control.
• Publish a paper in leading robotics conferences/journals.

Skills

Python

C++

Robotics research

Control theory

Education

PhD student in Robotics/CS/ME/EE/AI

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

FieldAI invites PhD students to join our Fall 2026 internship in Boston, focusing on humanoid manipulation and embodied intelligence. You will work at the intersection of robotics research and applied engineering to advance manipulation capabilities while contributing to autonomous robot learning and field-ready systems.

You will collaborate with researchers to publish results in top robotics venues, help build data pipelines for robotics foundation models, and engage with engineers on hardware