Research Scientist Intern, Robotics

Meta; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in Burlingame, CA is seeking a Research Scientist Intern to advance robot learning and embodied intelligence. The role involves hands-on work with real robot hardware and simulation to design, implement, and evaluate novel policies, architectures, and prototypes.

The internship lasts 12 to 24 weeks with multiple start dates throughout the year, offering exposure to a focused incubation team and collaboration with a broad group of scientists and engineers across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel state-of-the-art algorithms for robot perception, manipulation, navigation, and control, leveraging modern deep learning and foundation-model techniques.
• Train and evaluate robot learning policies — including imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models — in simulation and on physical hardware.
• Based on the project, help analyze and improve the efficiency, robustness, scalability, and real-time performance of algorithms deployed on robot platforms.

Job description

Research Scientist Intern, Robotics# Research Scientist Intern, RoboticsBurlingame, CA Artificial Intelligence+ 4 moreApply nowAt Meta, we're building the future of human connection and the technology that enables it. This means continuously inventing and developing technologies for the next generation of experiences. To continue our efforts in the path to AGI, and as we move closer to a future with intelligent robots and advanced AI models, we're hiring talent across a broad range of disciplines from robotics hardware to system software, machine perception, and artificial intelligence. These crucial projects and initiatives taken on by this team have never been done before, so you have a rare opportunity to help us create new ways people connect around the world.We're seeking a Research Scientist Intern to advance the state of the art in robot learning and embodied intelligence — building systems that perceive, reason, and act in the physical world. These roles require research and problem-solving skills, as well as hands-on experimentation on real robot hardware and in simulation, to design, develop, and evaluate novel policies, architectures, and prototypes. These roles will work in a focused incubation team and collaborate with a large and wide-ranging set of scientists and engineers in the greater organization.Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.---## Research Scientist Intern, Robotics Responsibilities* Develop novel state-of-the-art algorithms for robot perception, manipulation, navigation, and control, leveraging modern deep learning and foundation-model techniques.* Train and evaluate robot learning policies — including imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models — in simulation and on physical hardware.* Based on the project, help analyze and improve the efficiency, robustness, scalability, and real-time performance of algorithms deployed on robot platforms.