Staff Research Engineer - Intelligent Complex Systems

• Proactively engage in research activities and identify new opportunities for research in the safety assurance of complex intelligent systems, which include embodied AI systems, robotics and autonomous systems.
• Present research findings and progress updates to team members and stakeholders; work with cross-functional teams to integrate them into practical applications.
• Investigate paradigms that can deliver a spectrum of embodied behaviors - from simulated characters to real robots, and from short-horizon, low-level to long-horizon, high-level intelligence.
• Challenge the status quo, both technical and process.
• Collaborate with external partners and research institutions to foster innovation and expand the reach of our research.
• Continuously learn and innovate in the field of intelligent autonomous systems to stay updated with industry trends and advancements.

Job requirements

• PhD in in Computer Science, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, relevant technical field.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++, Python, or similar.
• Familiarity with real-time, multi-process, multi-threaded coding, and command line in Linux.
• Outstanding engineering skills for rapid research prototyping, open-source release, or production development.
• Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience with ML/DL, LLMs, multimodal foundation models, or large generative models.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in R&D of pioneering AI and robotics algorithms, systems.
• 2+ years of experience in areas like perception, SLAM, decision making, motion planning, and control systems.
• Ability to cut through ambiguity and follow through to task completion despite roadblocks or distractions.