Abaka AI
Robotics Research Engineer
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $100k–$140k
- Mid level
- On-site · Mountain View, CA
- 1+ yrs exp
- Added 4 weeks ago
About this role
Abaka AI is seeking a Robotics Research Engineer to contribute to their growing Robotics Lab, focused on building the data foundation for physical AI. This hands-on role involves training robot policies, designing data pipelines for minimal human labeling, and contributing to publishable research in robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. The ideal candidate will combine robot learning, data production, and research expertise to improve AI systems.
What you'll do
- Train and evaluate robot policies using various techniques like imitation learning and reinforcement learning.
- Design and implement data pipelines for automatically generating training data from raw sensor inputs.
- Reproduce and extend research papers and contribute to publications at leading conferences.
- Maintain the infrastructure for robot training and evaluation, including simulation environments.
- Analyze data decisions and their impact on policy performance to optimize data quality.
What they're looking for
- Robot Learning
- Data Pipeline Design
- Machine Learning
- Robotics Fundamentals
- 3D Vision
- Simulation (e.g., MuJoCo, Isaac Sim)
- Imitation Learning
Benefits
- Flexible Work Schedule
- Equity
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
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Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience training robot policies on both simulated and real-world hardware.
- Explain your approach to evaluating the effectiveness of different data sources for robot learning.