Robotics Research Scientist Intern – AI & Perception

Meta; Burlingame (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta in Burlingame, CA is seeking a Research Scientist Intern to advance robot learning and embodied intelligence. The role involves hands-on work with real robot hardware and simulation to design, implement, and evaluate novel policies, architectures, and prototypes.

The internship lasts 12 to 24 weeks with multiple start dates throughout the year, offering exposure to a focused incubation team and collaboration with a broad group of scientists and engineers across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop novel state-of-the-art algorithms for robot perception, manipulation, navigation, and control, leveraging modern deep learning and foundation-model techniques.
• Train and evaluate robot learning policies — including imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language-action models — in simulation and on physical hardware.
• Based on the project, help analyze and improve the efficiency, robustness, scalability, and real-time performance of algorithms deployed on robot platforms.

Job description

Meta in Burlingame, CA is seeking a Research Scientist Intern to advance robot learning and embodied intelligence. The role involves hands-on work with real robot hardware and simulation to design, implement, and evaluate novel policies, architectures, and prototypes.

The internship lasts 12 to 24 weeks with multiple start dates throughout the year, offering exposure to a focused incubation team and collaboration with a broad group of scientists and engineers across the organization.