Robotics Manipulation Research Engineer

Maxwell Bond; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking a researcher to advance robotic manipulation through learning-based approaches. You will tackle challenging problems across data collection, model training, evaluation on real robotic platforms, and deployment of reliable systems.

You will work on one or two-armed manipulation, developing policies, curating datasets via teleoperation or simulation, and translating experimental results into practical improvements for robust robotic capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong research experience in robotics, ML, or related field.
• Experience with robotic manipulation, imitation learning, reinforcement learning.
• Experience collecting and processing robotics data and evaluating on real or simulated systems.
• Applied research mindset translating results into practical improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop methods to collect, process and curate robotic training data via teleoperation and simulation.
• Design and train robot policies for manipulation tasks.
• Evaluate models on physical robotic systems and improve their performance in real-world conditions.
• Analyse deployed systems to identify limitations and implement improvements.

Skills

Robotics

Machine learning

Research

Imitation learning

Education

PhD advantageous

Job description

Maxwell Bond is seeking a researcher to advance robotic manipulation through learning-based approaches. You will tackle challenging problems across data collection, model training, evaluation on real robotic platforms, and deployment of reliable systems.

You will work on one or two-armed manipulation, developing policies, curating datasets via teleoperation or simulation, and translating experimental results into practical improvements for robust robotic capabilities.