1 day ago
Zürich, SwitzerlandSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop reinforcement learning algorithms for robust, contact-rich dexterous manipulation.
- Design, test, and refine algorithms for dynamic grasping, diverse package handling, dynamic hand-offs, and operating door handles or latches.
- Translate vision, depth, tactile, and proprioceptive sensor inputs into end-effector and joint-level motor commands.
- Leverage simulated and real-world data to address robotic manipulation challenges.
- Collaborate with the foundation model team on innovative learning methods.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- At least five years of industry or research experience, with PhD experience applicable.
- Strong knowledge of deep learning, supervised and self-supervised learning, and reinforcement learning, including MDPs, policy optimization, model-based and model-free reinforcement learning, exploration-exploitation, value functions, transfer learning, domain adaptation, and sim-to-real transfer.
- Strong robotics background in autonomy and/or manipulation.
- Experience deploying artificial neural networks on hardware platforms.
- Ability to write production-level code in modern C++.
- Ability to prototype algorithms and train deep neural networks in Python.
- Strong background in robotic manipulation, including dynamics, grasp synthesis, and trajectory optimization.
- Preferred: PhD or equivalent research experience in Robotics, Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a similar discipline.
- Preferred: publications at top-tier conferences such as ICRA, IROS, CoRL, or RSS focused on robotic manipulation, grasping, or contact-rich reinforcement learning.
- Preferred: experience with tactile sensing, multi-fingered robotic hands, or bimanual manipulation.
Categories
ML EngineeringRobotics
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