Robotics Research Engineer — World Model Policies

runwayml.com; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Runway in New York is hiring a Research Engineer to lead robotics initiatives linked to world model development. The position entails full-stack engagement in robot learning, from data collection to physical evaluation of learned policies.

Applicants should have hands-on robotics experience, familiarity with modern robot policies, and proficiency in at least one ML framework. Join us to drive innovative solutions at the intersection of robotics and AI!

Qualifications

• Experience with data collection and physical evaluation.
• Familiarity with robot demonstration pipelines.
• Ability to debug software and hardware issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute robot learning pipelines.
• Deploy learned policies on physical robots.
• Build evaluation benchmarks and coordinate data collection.
• Identify bottlenecks across the robotics stack.

Skills

Hands-on robotics experience

Experience with modern learned policies

Strong intuition for robot learning lifecycle

Comfort with software and hardware

Proficiency with ML frameworks

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Runway in New York is hiring a Research Engineer to lead robotics initiatives linked to world model development. The position entails full-stack engagement in robot learning, from data collection to physical evaluation of learned policies.

Applicants should have hands-on robotics experience, familiarity with modern robot policies, and proficiency in at least one ML framework. Join us to drive innovative solutions at the intersection of robotics and AI!