Maven Robotics

Maven Robotics

Machine Learning Engineer - Robot Manipulation

San Francisco Bay Area, California USA · Junior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 169 days ago
PythonAlgorithmsMachine LearningPyTorchRoboticsResearchMentoring

About the role

  • Maven Robotics is building the world's leading general-purpose AI robots.
  • We are currently operating in stealth and are growing the world's best team in AI robotics. We are looking for self-starters that are the world's best in their field, who can innovate from a deep understanding of the fundamentals, and who share our values of unwavering truth seeking and integrity, humility, curiosity, and relentless determination.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate across disciplines to ensure seamless integration of ML models and provide technical mentorship to junior engineers.
  • Maven Robotics is building the world's leading general-purpose AI robots.

Requirements

  • Experience with data collection, preprocessing, and management in the context of training ML models.
  • Self-starter attitude with strong ability to identify problems, prioritize them, then plan and execute working solutions.
  • Must-have:
  • MS or PhD in machine learning, computer science, robotics, or a related field.
  • Strong practical experience in training and deploying machine learning models for real-world applications.
  • Deep understanding of reinforcement learning (RL) and imitation learning (IL) and their application to robotics.
  • Proficiency in programming languages and tools commonly used in machine learning (e.g., Python, PyTorch).
  • Enthusiasm for working in a fast paced startup environment and eagerness to support the team on a variety of topics.
  • Nice-to-have:
  • Experience in:
  • Developing models that can handle noisy, incomplete, or sparse data.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with robotic simulation environments (e.g., Gazebo, MuJoCo) and experience in sim-to-real transfer.
  • Designing and implementing reward functions for complex manipulation tasks.
  • Deployment of ML models to edge devices for real-time inference.
  • Accelerating ML training processes using GPU, TPU, or other HW accelerators.
  • General knowledge of robotics principles, including kinematics, dynamics, and control.

Benefits

  • Design and implement machine learning algorithms, with a focus on reinforcement learning (RL) and imitation learning (IL), to enable robotic manipulators to perform complex tasks in dynamic environments.
  • Translate high-level objectives into machine learning problems and deploy robust, scalable models to real-world robotic systems.
  • Drive innovation by incorporating the latest research in machine learning into practical applications that push the boundaries of robotic manipulation.
  • We are looking to recruit an exceptional Machine Learning Engineer - Robot Manipulation to design, implement, test, and deploy robot manipulation algorithms that enable assembly and material movement tasks.

Company info

  • We are currently operating in stealth and are growing the world's best team in AI robotics.
  • We are looking for self-starters that are the world's best in their field, who can innovate from a deep understanding of the fundamentals, and who share our values of unwavering truth seeking and integrity, humility, curiosity, and relentless determination.

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