Postdoc: Human-Centric Robotic Interaction & Learning

Socket.dev; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Annual bonus

Paid time off

Job summary

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) in Cambridge, MA invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow to advance the computational and machine learning aspects of human-robot interaction. The role emphasizes foundation models, human-robot collaboration, and decision-making under uncertainty in a collaborative research environment.

This fellowship targets an additional year of research before a faculty position or a year-long sabbatical, with publication-focused objectives and access to TRI resources.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Publish research in venues such as ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS, and HRI.
• Collaborate with researchers to understand, predict, and interact with humans.
• Lead from concept to validated approaches and share results with the team.

Skills

Python

Publication track record

Team collaboration

Education

PhD in ML/AI/robotics/CV

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) in Cambridge, MA invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow to advance the computational and machine learning aspects of human-robot interaction. The role emphasizes foundation models, human-robot collaboration, and decision-making under uncertainty in a collaborative research environment.

This fellowship targets an additional year of research before a faculty position or a year-long sabbatical, with publication-focused objectives and access to TRI resources.