Senior Scientist, Industrial Robot Perception

Aimlroles; Town of Niskayuna (NY); On-site; USD 113,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with company contributions

Tuition assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Senior Scientist in Robotic Perception to advance perception capabilities for industrial robots, including manipulators and mobile platforms. You will shape techniques for scene understanding, object manipulation, and vision foundation models, collaborating across business units and external partners.

You will drive real-time code on edge hardware, contribute to IP, and publish in top robotics/AI venues while supporting energy-transition initiatives.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS/EE/Robotics or MS with 2 years of experience.
• Experience in action-oriented perception, embodied AI, multimodal fusion, spatial interaction, or edge inference.
• Strong programming skills in Python and C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Develop perception modules for industrial manipulators and mobile platforms.
• Create algorithms bridging perception and motion (e.g., visual servoing).
• Lead real-time code development for robotic codebases with low latency on edge hardware.
• Publish peer-reviewed research and contribute to IP via patents.

Skills

Python ML frameworks

C/C++

Vision/Perception

Robotics control/state estimation

Edge deployment

Education

PhD in CS/EE/Robotics or MS + 2 years

Tools

NVIDIA Jetson/Orin

Job description

GE Vernova seeks a Senior Scientist in Robotic Perception to advance perception capabilities for industrial robots, including manipulators and mobile platforms. You will shape techniques for scene understanding, object manipulation, and vision foundation models, collaborating across business units and external partners.

You will drive real-time code on edge hardware, contribute to IP, and publish in top robotics/AI venues while supporting energy-transition initiatives.