Research Engineer, Robotics
Research Engineer, Robotics
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Job Description
Snapshot
Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.
The Role
We are seeking a Robotics Research Engineer to join our Robotics Engineering team. As a Robotics Research Engineer you will apply stateoftheart AI approaches such as VisualLanguageAction models to the robotics domain integrate robotic platforms run experiments develop software libraries and solve complex stimulating robotics problems. You will work on making our latest models and research results available to high profile partners under our Trusted Tester Program (TTP). This includes developing our software ecosystem engaging with partners to understand their applications interface robotics platforms with agents upstreaming data finetune models and engaging with research teams to improve model performance.
Key responsibilities:
- Apply and improve stateoftheart robotic agents.
- Develop libraries and Software Development Toolkits (SDKs) for the interaction of agents and robots.
- Integrate stateoftheart robotic platforms for internal and external use cases.
- Jointly work with Research Scientists to improve our models.
- Coordinate with our internal robotics lab and external customers on data collection and model deployment.
- Develop and track performance and data collection metrics.
About You
In order to set you up for success as a Research Engineer at Google DeepMind we look for the following skills and experience:
- BSc/MSc/PhD degree in engineering mathematics physics or equivalent.
- Experience in developing and/or applying stateoftheart models (LLMs VLAs etc.) to robotics
- Familiarity with robotics systems and debugging complex issues. Must have motivation to work with real robots.
- Good knowledge of either Python or C.
- A collaborative mindset as this role requires close collaboration with software engineers AI researchers external partners and other stakeholders.
In addition the following would be an advantage:
- Familiarity with opensource software and tools especially related to deployment.
- Expertise in using large datasets with deep neural networks to make real robots useful.
- Familiarity with ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2) robot manufacturers APIs or a willingness to learn.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure.
- A real passion for AI impacting real world robots!
At Google DeepMind we value diversity of experience knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.
Application deadline:5pm GMT Wednesday 21st May 2025
Employment Type
Full Time
