Applied Scientist (Robotics and AI Institute LLC):

Conduct complex research on and develop cutting-edge robotics technologies and robots used in

the areas of cognitive AI, athletic AI, organic hardware design, and robot ethics. Duties include:

1. Develop and implement new algorithms used to enhance our state-of-the-art designs in

robot controls;

2. Leverage and apply complex robotics technologies and methods to conduct research and

develop our robots;

3. Provide critical solutions to develop machines that contribute to human safety, care for

the disabled and elderly, and enhance industrial productivity;

4. Bring new hardware, algorithms, and ideas to RAI through collaboration with research

institutions;

5. Create solutions that meet the computing, electrical, and mechanical needs of novel

hardware in collaboration with our robotics hardware team;

6. Guide design reviews for our Robotics team, leveraging knowledge of complex robotics

designs;

7. Promote quality and reliability through regular robotics code reviews;

8. Develop long-horizon behaviors for robot manipulation tasks using a combination of

model-based and machine learning techniques.

Minimum Requirements:

A Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical

Engineering, or a closely related field followed by 2 years of post-baccalaureate experience in a

robotics engineering-related occupation.

Experience must include the following, which may have been gained concurrently:

1) 2 years of experience designing and developing robot software applications in production

environments using C++ or Python and using frameworks, including Robot Operating

System (ROS) or equivalent;

2) 2 years of experience working with robot systems that utilize machine learning (i.e.,

imitation learning and reinforcement learning) for autonomous manipulation;

3) 2 years of experience designing and conducting robot experiments in both hardware and

in simulation, including building the hardware and simulation environments;

4) 2 years of experience developing fault-tolerant behaviors for mobile manipulation robots

with abstractions, including finite-state machines or behavior trees;

5) 2 years of experience integrating hardware and software systems and working with and

debugging systems, including motion planning, low-level motor control, perception, state

estimation, and navigation;

6) 2 years of experience designing and conducting tests with hardware in the loop, using

visualization and debugging tools to conduct failure analysis on robot logs, and creating

concise fixes to the system based on findings;

7) 1 year of experience using robot platforms capable of mobile manipulation.

Job site: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. Full-time. Salary: $128,000 to $238,000.

To apply, email cover letter and resume, referencing Req. #061454-305, to recruiting@rai-

inst.com.

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