Research Engineer: Atlas RL Physics Simulator for Humanoids

Boston Dynamics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to cutting-edge robots

Collaborative mission-driven team

Opportunity for impactful contributions

Job summary

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Research Engineer to work on physics simulation for humanoid robots. Candidates will develop large-scale simulations to train reinforcement learning agents and enhance existing simulators.

The ideal applicant holds an MS with industry experience or a PhD in relevant fields and has expertise in physics simulation tools and programming languages. This role offers access to cutting-edge robotics and the opportunity to shape real-world robotics applications.

Qualifications

• 3 years of industry experience or PhD in relevant fields.
• In-depth knowledge of physics simulation, contact solvers, and mesh representations.
• Extensive experience with physics simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop large-scale physics simulations for training RL agents.
• Evaluate and benchmark physics simulators and rendering pipelines.
• Generate millions of samples per second using physics simulations.

Skills

Physics simulation

Reinforcement learning

Robotics

Python

C++

Education

MS with 3 years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics

Tools

MuJoCo

IsaacSim

Warp

PyTorch

Jax

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Boston Dynamics is seeking a Research Engineer to work on physics simulation for humanoid robots. Candidates will develop large-scale simulations to train reinforcement learning agents and enhance existing simulators.

The ideal applicant holds an MS with industry experience or a PhD in relevant fields and has expertise in physics simulation tools and programming languages. This role offers access to cutting-edge robotics and the opportunity to shape real-world robotics applications.