Robotics Research Scientist Intern - Real-World Deployment

FieldAI; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI’s Irvine office offers Spring, Summer, and Fall 2027 research internships for Master’s and PhD students advancing robotic manipulation. You will own a focused research project and help translate ideas into capabilities tested on hardware with real deployments.

You will work closely with researchers and engineers across robot learning, perception, control, hardware, and deployment, producing original research with measurable impact and opportunities to publish or release artifacts.

Qualifications

• Current master’s or PhD enrollment in Robotics, CS, EE, ME, AI/ML, or related field.
• Research experience in robotic manipulation, robot learning, embodied AI, or related area.
• Strong research or open-source track record with publications, software, or rigorous projects.
• Clear ownership of original research or technical development, including implementation and evaluation.
• Strong foundations in robotics, machine learning, and experimental design.
• Proficiency in Python and/or C++.
• Ability to work independently, communicate findings clearly, and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop manipulation capabilities that address meaningful physical tasks in real environments.
• Investigate how skills transfer across objects, tasks, environments, and robot platforms.
• Address practical challenges such as uncertainty, contact, changing conditions, and failure recovery.
• Design experiments that measure task success, generalization, and reliability under realistic operating conditions.
• Integrate and validate research on physical robots, collaborating with engineering teams to address system constraints.
• Document findings, present results, and contribute to publications or reusable research tools.

Skills

Python

C++

Robotics

ML

Education

Masters/PhD enrollment

Tools

ROS

Gazebo

Job description

FieldAI’s Irvine office offers Spring, Summer, and Fall 2027 research internships for Master’s and PhD students advancing robotic manipulation. You will own a focused research project and help translate ideas into capabilities tested on hardware with real deployments.

You will work closely with researchers and engineers across robot learning, perception, control, hardware, and deployment, producing original research with measurable impact and opportunities to publish or release artifacts.