Postdoc: Human-Aware Robot Interaction & Foundation Models

Toyota Research Institute; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Annual bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Toyota Research Institute in Cambridge, MA seeks a postdoctoral researcher to advance computational and machine learning aspects of human-robot interaction, focusing on foundation models for HRI and shared autonomy in robotic manipulation.

The role emphasizes publishing in top venues (ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS, HRI) and collaboration with our robotics and AI teams, offering access to extensive research resources and a path toward an academic or industry leadership trajectory.

Qualifications

• PhD in ML/AI, robotics, human-centric AI, or computer vision by end date.
• Strong publications record in top ML/robotics venues.
• Experience training deep learning models in PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Responsibilities

• Perform research and publish on human-robot interaction topics at top venues.
• Explore computational and cognitive phenomena with a team of researchers.
• From inception to validation, develop and test new approaches.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Reinforcement learning

Publications

Education

PhD in ML/AI/Robotics or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Toyota Research Institute in Cambridge, MA seeks a postdoctoral researcher to advance computational and machine learning aspects of human-robot interaction, focusing on foundation models for HRI and shared autonomy in robotic manipulation.

The role emphasizes publishing in top venues (ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS, HRI) and collaboration with our robotics and AI teams, offering access to extensive research resources and a path toward an academic or industry leadership trajectory.