As a
Research Engineer working on physics simulation on the Atlas Behavior Learning team, you will join a world-class team of engineers and scientists focused on creating groundbreaking mobile manipulation behaviors for humanoids.
We are investing in reinforcement learning and physics simulation as a key technology for achieving dexterous and robust whole-body manipulation that can be deployed in real-world environments.
In this role, you will be responsible for:- Develop large scale physics simulation that can efficiently train reinforcement learning agents
- Evaluate and benchmark different physics simulators, mesh representations and rendering pipelines
- Scale physics simulations to generate millions of samples per second
- Build synthetic rendering pipelines to create photorealistic images
- Extend existing physics simulators to improve simulation quality
We are looking for:- MS with 3 years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
- Detailed understanding physics simulation including contact solvers and mesh representations
- Extensive experience with physics simulation including MuJoCo, IsaacSim and Warp
- Experience with rendering pipelines to create photorealistic synthetic images
- Strong foundation in Python, C++ and modern numerical frameworks (e.g., PyTorch and Jax)
- Experience in algorithm design, debugging, and performance optimization
The ideal candidate has: - A PhD or equivalent research experience in reinforcement learning or robotic manipulation
- Publications at top tier robotics venues including RSS, CoRL, Science Robotics, ICRA
- Experience training RL policies in simulation for robots or simulated characters
- Strong understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of gpu based simulators
- Understanding of GPU and CPU compute architectures
- Experience with heterogeneous compute clusters, kubernetes and docker
Why join us? - Direct access to cutting-edge robots and the infrastructure to run large-scale experiments
- A collaborative, mission-driven team where your ideas have real impact
- The chance to help define what's possible in real-world robotics
The pay range for this position is between $155,000.00 to $215,000.00 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and a annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
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