Applied Scientist

Title: Applied Scientist II

Location: Middlesex County, MA

Job Description:

The ideal candidate will contribute to research that bridges the gap between theoretical advancement and practical implementation in robotics. You will be part of a team that's revolutionizing how robots learn, adapt, and interact with their environment.

Key job responsibilities:

• Design and implement whole body control methods for balance, locomotion, and dexterous manipulation
• Utilize state-of-the-art in methods in learned and model-based control - Create robust and safe behaviors for different terrains and tasks
• Implement real-time controllers with stability guarantees - Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to co-design hardware and algorithms for loco-manipulation
• Mentor junior engineer and scientists

Basic qualifications:

• PhD, or Master's degree and 2+ years of applied research experience is a must have
• Experience with imitation learning and reinforcement learning for whole-body control
• Experience with methods such as hierarchical quadratic programming and model predictive control
• Experience with simulation environments such as IsaacLab, Mujoco, Drake, etc.
• Experience with developing and deploying code for real-time controllers
• Experience in state estimation from multiple sensor modalities

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
• PhD in Robotics, with a focus on whole-body control
• Experience with low-level joint torque/impedance control
• Experience with teleoperation systems
• Experience with robotics frameworks for fast prototyping (Matlab, ROS, etc.)