Key job responsibilities
Design and implement whole body control methods for balance, locomotion, and dexterous manipulation
Utilize state-of-the-art in methods in learned and model-based control
Create robust and safe behaviors for different terrains and tasks
Implement real-time controllers with stability guarantees
Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams to co-design hardware and algorithms for loco-manipulation
Mentor junior engineer and scientists
PhD, or Master's degree and 2+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
Experience with imitation learning and reinforcement learning for whole-body control
Experience with methods such as hierarchical quadratic programming and model-predictive control
Experience with simulation environments such as IsaacLab, Mujoco, Drake, etc.
Experience with developing and deploying code for real-time controllers
Experience in state estimation from multiple sensor modalities
Experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language
Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
PhD in Robotics, with a focus on whole-body control
Experience with low-level joint torque/impedance control
Experience with teleoperation systems
Experience with robotics frameworks for fast prototyping (Matlab, ROS, etc.)
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USA, MA, N.Reading - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
