Robotics AI Research Engineer - Humanoids

Google; Mobile (AL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Google DeepMind in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Research Engineer to advance AI-enabled robotics and maintain a growing robot fleet. You will design and implement software across systems, collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to prototype and deploy capabilities, and contribute to scalable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes building introspection tools, verification methods, and robust robot platforms to accelerate research while solving real-world challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of robotics experience, developing and maintaining robot software systems.
• Experience using ML frameworks, specifically JAX.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robotic setups for continuous robot learning experiments.
• Collaborate with partner teams to co-develop infrastructure, tooling, and processes to accelerate robot learning research.
• Develop and maintain verification methods for a fleet of robots.
• Work with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment, quickly prototype, iterate, and deliver robot capabilities in real-world applications.
• Keep track of major changes and trends in infrastructure and enable adoption of new frameworks and systems without significant impact on development work.

Skills

Robotics experience

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JAX

Job description

Google DeepMind in Mountain View, CA, seeks a Research Engineer to advance AI-enabled robotics and maintain a growing robot fleet. You will design and implement software across systems, collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to prototype and deploy capabilities, and contribute to scalable infrastructure.

The role emphasizes building introspection tools, verification methods, and robust robot platforms to accelerate research while solving real-world challenges.