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About the role
- Robotics Researcher developing embodied AI, perception, planning, and manipulation algorithms. Advancing autonomous industrial operations at Rockwell Automation’s Robotics Center of Excellence.
Responsibilities
- Design and deploy state-of-the-art algorithms for robotic perception, planning, and dexterous manipulation.
- Train and fine-tune large-scale foundation models (VLAs/VLMs) for real-world industrial tasks.
- Develop advanced sim-to-real pipelines to accelerate policy training.
- Investigate, benchmark, and report on emerging robotics trends and academic breakthroughs.
- Write clean, scalable code using modern system programming languages and software engineering best practices.
- Work closely with Business Units to optimize robotic systems for new AI-driven capabilities.
- Document research through technical reports, white papers, and high-impact publications.
- Report to the Sr. Manager, Mobile Robot Technology, in the Technology and Innovation Unit.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Years of Relevant Work Experience.
- Typically requires 5+ Years of related work experience.
- Graduate degree (Masters or PhD) in Computer Science, Robotics, or related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in robotics research or high-tech R&D (can include graduate research).
- A proven track record of research excellence with publications in top conferences / journals.
- Deep theoretical and practical knowledge in Reinforcement Learning, Vison Language Models, and/or World Models.
- Experience in robotic grasping, 6D pose estimation, and multi-modal sensor fusion (Vision, Tactile, Force/Torque).
- Excellent talent for software design and ability to understand unfamiliar systems and their workings.
- Experience developing and curating large multi-modal training dataset from real-world and synthetic data.
- Hands-on experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, Isaac Lab.
- Skill in using simulation environments for data generation and policy verification.
- A track record of solving complex, unstructured problems in the robotics domain.
- Experience with high-performance ML systems (CUDA, TPUs, JAX, Warp).
- Experience with distributed GPU computing.
- Experience with ROS/ROS2.
- Experience engaging with the open source community and working with maintainers to improve libraries.
Benefits
- Health Insurance including Medical and Dental
- Health Care Spending Account (HCSA – dependent on the plan chosen)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement plans
- Paid Time off
- Volunteering Time off
- Employer Savings Plan Matching (includes RRSP, TFSA, and EPSP)
- Employer Paid DC Pension
- Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up
- Fitness Reimbursement Program
- Flexible Work Schedule
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