Robotics AI Research Scientist

Toyota Research Institute Inc.; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) seeks a driven researcher to push the boundaries of robot learning, language, video, action, and multimodal data. You will work within a cross-functional team at the cutting edge of robotics and ML, independently when needed and collaboratively with partner labs at top universities.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping and robust implementation, with opportunities to impact high-profile publications and real-world robot systems.

Qualifications

• PhD in computer science, ML, robotics, or related field.
• Experience training large models and deploying on embodied systems.
• Strong software development in Python; familiarity with C++/Python.
• Extensive ML experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow; data pipelines & cloud training.
• Knowledge of robot learning state-of-the-art and world models.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on a dynamic research team exploring robot learning models.
• Study and advance language, video, action, and multimodal data for robots.
• Implement and extend state-of-the-art methods for robot behavior learning.
• Contribute to rapid progress and external publications.
• Partner with MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, CMU, Columbia, Princeton on research.

Skills

Python

C++

Machine Learning

Robotics

Reinforcement Learning

Education

PhD in CS/ML/Robotics

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

ROS 2

Job description

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) seeks a driven researcher to push the boundaries of robot learning, language, video, action, and multimodal data. You will work within a cross-functional team at the cutting edge of robotics and ML, independently when needed and collaboratively with partner labs at top universities.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping and robust implementation, with opportunities to impact high-profile publications and real-world robot systems.