Humanoid Robot Manipulation Research Intern

We Love AI Jobs; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI in Boston invites a Fall 2026 research internship for PhD students in Robotics, CS, ME, EE, AI/ML to advance humanoid manipulation and embodied intelligence. You will design manipulation strategies, contribute to robotics foundation-model data, and collaborate with researchers and hardware teams.

This on-site internship emphasizes hands-on experiments, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and publishing a paper at a leading robotics conference or journal.

Qualifications

• PhD student focused on robotics manipulation, loco-manipulation or related domains.
• Strong foundation in kinematics, dynamics and control.
• Proficient in Python and/or C++, with robotics/ML tooling experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evaluate manipulation and loco-manipulation strategies for humanoid robots.
• Support data collection and learning frameworks for robotics foundation models.
• Collaborate on experiments, hardware integration, and publish results.

Skills

Humanoid manipulation

Robot kinematics

Robot dynamics

Robot control

Python

C++

Imitation learning

Reinforcement learning

Education

Current PhD student in Robotics/CS/ME/EE/AI&ML

Tools

ROS/ROS 2

Job description

FieldAI in Boston invites a Fall 2026 research internship for PhD students in Robotics, CS, ME, EE, AI/ML to advance humanoid manipulation and embodied intelligence. You will design manipulation strategies, contribute to robotics foundation-model data, and collaborate with researchers and hardware teams.

This on-site internship emphasizes hands-on experiments, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and publishing a paper at a leading robotics conference or journal.