Robotics Research Engineer — End-to-End Learning Systems

xdof; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

XDOF is building the foundation behind the foundation models for robot learning, designing data collection, training, and deployment pipelines.

As a Research Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy real-world robot learning systems and own them end-to-end from simulation to deployment on real robots.

You will work across manipulation, locomotion, and control, and stay at the cutting edge of techniques, tools, and research in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Robotics, CS, or related field.
• Strong experience with Python and modern deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.
• Full stack experience across robot learning, including data processing, model training, and deployment.
• Experience designing, implementing, and deploying robot learning systems in research or production environments.
• Strong understanding of both classical robotics techniques and learning-based approaches, and the trade offs between them.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy real world robot learning systems across manipulation, locomotion, and control.
• Own systems end to end from simulation to deployment on real robots.
• Help define technical foundations enabling large-scale robot learning.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Robot learning

Data processing

Model deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Robotics/CS

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

XDOF is building the foundation behind the foundation models for robot learning, designing data collection, training, and deployment pipelines.

As a Research Engineer, you will design, build, and deploy real-world robot learning systems and own them end-to-end from simulation to deployment on real robots.

You will work across manipulation, locomotion, and control, and stay at the cutting edge of techniques, tools, and research in a fast-paced environment.