Robotics Engineer: AI/ML in Hot-Cell Automation (4x10)

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Job summary

Idaho National Laboratory seeks a Robotics Engineer to advance robotics deployment in a radioactive environment within the Structural Properties Laboratory at the Materials and Fuels Complex. You will program autonomous and collaborative robots, develop tooling, and apply AI/ML techniques to increase efficiency in PIE and material testing.

You will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers, contribute to hot cell robotics, and participate in tooling development and safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of experience or a Master’s with 4+ years.
• Level 4 requires 9 years of experience with a related degree or Master’s with 6 years.

Responsibilities

• Support robotics research activities remotely.
• Develop scripted programs for autonomous operations of robotics in a hot cell environment.
• Collaborative operation of robotics.
• Development of tooling and techniques to increase efficiencies with robotics.
• Support operation of research equipment that utilizes robotics and involvement with experiments.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of scientists and engineers on challenging work scopes.
• Apply AI/ML, Large Language Models (LLMs), physics‑informed machine learning, and sensor methodologies to increase robotic efficiencies.
• Work with hot cell engineers to develop tooling and modifications to hot-cell equipment.
• Support other research and engineering activities throughout the facility.
• Adhere to INL policies and procedures.
• Completion of qualifications associated with position within 1 yr.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Robotics

AI/ML

Programming

Systems integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in robotics, data science, engineering, CS, physics or related field

Master’s degree in a related field

Tools

SolidWorks

Universal Robots

Job description

Idaho National Laboratory seeks a Robotics Engineer to advance robotics deployment in a radioactive environment within the Structural Properties Laboratory at the Materials and Fuels Complex. You will program autonomous and collaborative robots, develop tooling, and apply AI/ML techniques to increase efficiency in PIE and material testing.

You will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers, contribute to hot cell robotics, and participate in tooling development and safety