Visiting Researcher, Meta Superintelligence Labs

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is recruiting a Visiting Researcher for its Superintelligence Labs to advance embodied AI through robotics, ML, and multimodal data. You will push scientific boundaries and publish open science while developing novel data-driven paradigms for real-world robotic systems.

The role emphasizes building state-of-the-art algorithms, evaluating long-term research goals, and contributing to impactful, cross-functional teams across Meta’s labs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree completed before joining Meta
• Experience in robotics, RL, embodied AI or related areas
• Authorized to work in the country of employment

Responsibilities

• Perform fundamental and applied research in embodied AI
• Invent data-driven paradigms for robotics using multiple modalities
• Develop algorithms with state-of-the-art ML methods
• Build capabilities for next-gen AI and robotics
• Contribute to long-term research goals with milestones
• Execute research aligned with Meta's objectives

Skills

Robotics research

Reinforcement learning

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Vision-language models

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s or PhD in AI/Robotics/ML

Tools

ROS

Robot simulations

Job description

Meta is seeking a Visiting Researcher to join Meta Superintelligence Labs. Individuals in this role are proficient in identified research areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and embodied AI, particularly including areas such as transfer learning, learning from demonstration, reinforcement learning, action-conditioned world models, perception, representation learning, robot control, navigation, mobile manipulation, dexterous manipulation, and vision-language models. You should have a keen interest in producing new, open science to make embodied agents more intelligent.

Visiting Researcher, Meta Superintelligence Labs Responsibilities:

• Perform fundamental and applied research to push the scientific and technological frontiers of embodied artificial intelligence
• Invent/improve novel data-driven paradigms for robotics, leveraging a variety of modalities (images, video, text, audio, tactile, etc)
• Investigate paradigms that can deliver a spectrum of embodied behaviors - from simulated characters to real robots, and from short-horizon, low-level to long-horizon, high-level intelligence
• Develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies
• Build and benchmark new capabilities needed for the next generation of AI
• Conduct research towards long-term research goals while identifying intermediate milestones
• Execute on novel research based on long-term objectives of the organization

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
• Experience with any of the following research areas: robotics, motion planning, embodied AI, human-robot interaction, sim-to-real transfer, learning from demonstration, reinforcement learning, dexterous manipulation, digital agents, vision language models, computer vision, egocentric perception, and/or LLMs
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)
• Experience with robotics frameworks like ROS, along with experience working with robot simulations and real-world hardware
• Experience building systems based on machine learning and/or deep learning methods
• Experience working and communicating cross-functionally in a team environment
• Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, large-scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Master’s or PhD degree in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Language, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (such as PyTorch, TensorFlow) and Python
• Experience in relevant robotics-related research areas, such as: robot learning, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, action-conditioned world models, task and motion planning, sim-to-real transfer, robotic control, manipulation, navigation, or generally embodied AI

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$58.65/hour to $143,000/year + benefits
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