RL & Simulation Research Scientist for Robotic Learning

Kindredventures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kindredventures is seeking a Research Scientist specialized in RL & Simulation to build data infrastructures for robotics and AI. The position requires strong expertise in simulation environments and policy learning, along with proficiency in Python.

This critical role involves translating human behavior into effective robot learning signals, focusing on performance metrics and direct application to real-world systems.

Join us to drive innovation in robotics and contribute to meaningful research!

Qualifications

• MSc/PhD (or equivalent research experience) in robotics, ML, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with robot simulation and policy learning.
• Proficiency in Python; solid engineering discipline required.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain simulation environments for robotics learning.
• Convert human demonstrations into robot-executable trajectories.
• Train policies from demonstrations using imitation learning + RL.

Skills

Robot simulation

Policy learning

Python

Reproducible experiments

Debugging

Research experience in robotics or ML

Education

MSc/PhD in robotics, ML, or related field

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Genesis

Habitat

ManiSkill

Job description

Kindredventures is seeking a Research Scientist specialized in RL & Simulation to build data infrastructures for robotics and AI. The position requires strong expertise in simulation environments and policy learning, along with proficiency in Python.

This critical role involves translating human behavior into effective robot learning signals, focusing on performance metrics and direct application to real-world systems.

Join us to drive innovation in robotics and contribute to meaningful research!