Staff Research Engineer, Embodied Intelligence & Robotics

Lab Summary:The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and labs mission is to develop advanced technologies to power intelligent robotic systems capable of manipulation navigation and complex reasoning for a variety of high-impact application areas. To achieve this mission the lab collaborates closely with external entities such as universities startups and government labs as well as with several Samsung Product and Advanced Research labs.

Position Summary: Samsung Research America is looking for an engineer who has solid technical skills and rich academic and/or industry experience in areas of robotics and embodied intelligence. Our ideal candidate explores novel AI technologies towards generalizing robots to perform tasks in the real world. Samsungs unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on AI and robotics will provide you with exciting technical challenges and a rewarding career experience. By leveraging Samsungs vast product ecosystem to deliver novel user experiences your work will define Samsungs future in robotics and significantly impact real-world users.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design and evaluate the suitability of robotic hardware sensors and software for applications in semi-structured and unstructured environments targeting high impact business areas
• Integrate sensors actuators and other component into proof-of-concept/prototype robotic systems and analyze and optimize robotic system performance and accuracy
• Design develop integrate and test algorithms for robot perception control learning navigation and manipulation
• Develop and deploy data collection and model management mechanisms for in-the wild data aggregation
• Work within cross-functional cross-divisional teams and assist in the design analysis and performance evaluation from concept to completion
• Document and present results evaluating algorithms and models on targeted compute platforms
• Conduct pilot studies and formal experiments to benchmark performance against state-of-the-art approaches using clear and well-reasoned metrics

Required Skills:

• PhD or Masters degree in EECS/Robotics or equivalent combination of education training and experience
• 3 years industry experience in state-of-the-art robotics R&D such as foundation models vision-language-action (VLA) models open-world 3D perception trajectory prediction model predictive control and multimodal (visual tactile audio semantic) information fusion
• Demonstrated experience in sensing kinematics dynamics and control systems integrated on real robotic systems
• Solid understanding of computer vision techniques (e.g. object detection segmentation tracking) and multi-view image processing
• Knowledgeable of tools and processes to monitor ML model performance and data quality including model tuning experience
• Familiarity with PyTorch TensorFlow C ROS and CUDA
• Demonstrated experience in software engineering best practices to track communicate and document project progress
• 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

Candidates with additional experience are encouraged to apply in and will be considered for other opportunities.

Additional Information

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Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone and frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

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