Robotics ML Research Scientist (Fine-Tuning & RL)

Generalist

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Generalist in San Francisco is seeking a talented individual to contribute to the development of general-purpose robots. In this role, you will design fine-tuning and adaptation strategies for various robotic tasks, while also developing methods to enhance reliability and controllability.

Your background in fine-tuning large models and embodied AI is essential, as you will have the opportunity to apply your skills in a dynamic environment that bridges research with real-world applications. Join us on our mission to revolutionize how humans and machines collaborate.

Qualifications

  • Experience with RLHF, IL, RL, distillation, and domain adaptation.
  • Comfortable debugging and evaluating performance of ML systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design fine-tuning and adaptation strategies for robotic tasks.
  • Develop methods to improve reliability and controllability.
  • Build evaluation frameworks for real-world performance.
  • Improve inference-time performance in collaboration with ML infrastructure.
  • Leverage techniques such as imitation learning and synthetic data.

Skills

Experience with fine-tuning large models
Embodied AI experience
Evaluation and benchmarking
Debugging across the ML stack
Rapid iteration with feedback loops

Job description

Generalist in San Francisco is seeking a talented individual to contribute to the development of general-purpose robots. In this role, you will design fine-tuning and adaptation strategies for various robotic tasks, while also developing methods to enhance reliability and controllability.

Your background in fine-tuning large models and embodied AI is essential, as you will have the opportunity to apply your skills in a dynamic environment that bridges research with real-world applications. Join us on our mission to revolutionize how humans and machines collaborate.

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