Senior Research Engineer, Robot Intelligence
Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Samsung Research America is looking for a Senior Research Engineer, Robot Intelligence to join our team in Mountain View, CA. The ideal candidate will have solid technical skills and rich academic and/or industry experience in robotics and embodied intelligence. Our mission is to develop advanced technologies such as robotics foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, vision language models (VLMs), reinforcement learning, imitation learning, advanced sensing, and sensor fusion to create intelligent robotic systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and design robotic hardware and software components
- Integrate sensors, actuators, and other components into robotic systems
- Design, develop, integrate, and test algorithms for robot control, navigation, and perception
- Analyze and optimize robotic system performance and accuracy
- Work within cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis, and performance evaluation from concept to completion
- Document and present results for optimizing models for real-time inference on edge devices and robotic systems
- Conduct experiments and benchmark performance against state-of-the-art approaches in robotic task planning
- Prepare proof-of-concepts, demo/prototypes, design, and execute pilot studies using available robot platforms
- Deploy robot platforms and newly built data collection mechanisms for in-the-wild data aggregation in semi-structured and unstructured environments targeting high impact business areas
Requirements
- PhD or Master’s degree in EECS/Robotics or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- 2+ years’ industry experience in robotics foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, and vision language models (VLMs)
- Demonstrated experience in kinematics, dynamics, and control systems for robotic systems
- Solid understanding of computer vision techniques (e.g., object detection, segmentation, tracking) and real-time video tokenizer design and multi-view image processing
- Knowledgeable of tools and processes to monitor model performance and data quality, including model tuning experience
- Strong experience with sensors and actuators integration, CAD, and 3D printing tools
- Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, C, C++, Java, ROS, and CUDA
- Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals, including locomotion, manipulation, sensor inputs, pose tracking, 3D mapping, SLAM, ROS, and policy architectures particularly for semi-structured and unstructured environments
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work
We Offer
- Competitive salary range: $158,800 - $218,100 USD
- Comprehensive total rewards programs
- Annual bonus eligibility
- Generous benefits
About the Company
The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and development. The lab collaborates closely with both external entities such as universities, startups, and government labs, and with several Samsung Product and Advanced Research labs.
Additional Information
- Location: Mountain View, CA, USA
- Work Location Type: On-site
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Experience Level: Senior
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