Research Scientist, Atlas Behavior Learning

Boston Dynamics

Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Reinforcement learning (rl)
Behavioral cloning (bc)
Mobile manipulation tasks
You will join a world-class team of engineers and scientists focused on creating groundbreaking mobile manipulation behaviors for humanoids

Job Summary

  • 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 (RL) and behavioral cloning (BC) as a key technology for achieving dexterous and robust whole-body manipulation that can be deployed in real-world environments.
  • Direct access to cutting-edge robots and the infrastructure to run large-scale experiments.

Matching Summary

You will join a world-class team of engineers and scientists focused on creating groundbreaking mobile manipulation behaviors for humanoids.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Reinforcement Learning (RL)
  • Behavioral Cloning (BC)
  • Mobile manipulation tasks
  • Python and ML frameworks
  • Sim-to-real gap
  • Algorithm design and optimization

Nice-to-have

  • Foundation models for robotics
  • Diffusion policy from images
  • Student-teacher training
  • Publications at top venues

Key Requirements

  • MS with 3 years industry experience or PhD
  • Experience training and deploying RL policies
  • Integrating, running, and evaluating policies on robot
  • In-depth knowledge of domain randomization

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Not specified

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