Research Engineer

The role

Research Engineers will develop scalable robotic systems to achieve general-purpose robotic intelligence. You will work with researchers and engineers to implement state-of-the-art machine learning and robot systems.

What you will do

• Develop and implement new algorithms for training and optimizing general-purpose robot foundation models.
• Design and engineer systems to scale research from prototypes to fully deployable solutions.
• Conduct cutting edge research across multiple disciplines.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to integrate research insights into practical robotics applications.
• Optimize machine learning models for real-world robotic systems.

Required qualifications

• Strong technical background
• Experience in turning research into practical solutions
• Drive to build impactful applications

Nice to have

• BS, MS or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, etc.
• Strong track record of publishing papers and/or deploying real-world applications
• Deep technical knowledge, and research experience in deep learning, reinforcement and/or imitation learning, robotics, or computer vision
• Experience working with robot systems and large-scale model training

About the company

Skild AI is building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. The team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds.