Robot Learning Engineer Intern
Gritt Robotics3 months ago
South San Francisco, CA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Train imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or fine-tuned foundation-model policies for real robot tasks.
- Build data collection and evaluation pipelines and run ablation studies.
- Deploy policies on hardware and iterate based on real-world performance.
- Test and improve work on physical robots at the office.
- Work on pose estimation, VLM, VLA, 3D scene reconstruction, object detection, and multimodal learning.
- Own a defined project end-to-end with light supervision and present a demonstration to the team.
Requirements
- Pursuing an MS or PhD in machine learning, robotics, computer science, or a related field; exceptional undergraduates are welcome.
- Strong PyTorch skills and a solid grounding in deep learning and at least one of imitation learning or reinforcement learning.
- Applied evidence such as publications, open-source work, or substantial course or competition projects.
- Comfort taking ownership of tasks with light supervision.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Legally authorized to complete a three- or six-month internship in the United States.
Benefits
- Three- or six-month in-person internship in the SF Bay Area.
- Defined end-to-end project with a dedicated mentor and team demonstration.
- Competitive salary.
- Potential return or full-time offer.
- Opportunity to publish for PhD interns.
- Opportunity to attend Tier-1 industry conferences.
Tech Stack
Categories
ML EngineeringRobotics
About Gritt Robotics
Gritt Robotics builds AI-driven robotic systems that attach to common construction equipment to automate labor-intensive tasks, verification, and planning for renewable energy projects. The company focuses first on large-scale solar, with systems already operating in harsh outdoor environments for critical infrastructure builds. Founded in 2023 and privately held, Gritt is backed by firms including Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Obvious Ventures, Climactic, and Congruent Ventures.