Robotics AI R&D Engineer: From Prototype to Production

berkshiregrey; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Grey is seeking a Research Engineer to advance manipulation tasks in real-world robotics, spanning drivers to multi-robot orchestration in our in-house proving ground. You will contribute to state-of-the-art robot learning and data-driven policy development.

The role demands strong Python/C++ skills, ROS expertise, and a track record of prototyping through to production. Collaboration with partners and mentorship of junior engineers are key aspects of the job.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Robotics, ML, CS, or closely related field.
• Experience in software development in robotics or automation roles.
• Strong development expertise in Python and C++.
• Experience with ROS or ROS2 and robot systems.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and communicate priorities clearly.
• Experience prototyping and iterating on robot software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to training and adapting ML architectures for robot learning and visual scene understanding.
• Improve Berkshire Grey's robot policy learning data collection applications.
• Determine demonstrations, logs, sensor data, and failures suitable for fine-tuning models for new tasks or environments.
• Stay current with robotics research and evaluate applicability to BG challenges.
• Collaborate with external research partners and mentor junior engineers or interns.
• Prototype solutions quickly and create demos for stakeholders.
• Own solutions from prototype to production-ready features.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

Git/CI/CD

Robot systems debugging

Effective communication

Education

Master's degree in Robotics/ML/CS

Tools

PyTorch

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Orbit / Isaac Labs

OpenAI Gym

Docker

Cloud computing

Git

Job description

Berkshire Grey is seeking a Research Engineer to advance manipulation tasks in real-world robotics, spanning drivers to multi-robot orchestration in our in-house proving ground. You will contribute to state-of-the-art robot learning and data-driven policy development.

The role demands strong Python/C++ skills, ROS expertise, and a track record of prototyping through to production. Collaboration with partners and mentorship of junior engineers are key aspects of the job.