Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal Learning for Robotics (PhD)

At Reality Labs Research, our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are driving research towards a vision of natural, seamless experiences in XR environments that are effective, enjoyable, and functionally indistinguishable from those in the real world.

As a Research Scientist Intern, you will work at the intersection of robotic control, machine learning, and human-robot interaction, and you will have the opportunity to work with world-leading collaborators and mentors in these fields. Your primary focus will be on developing CV and tactile based algorithms that can be used for robotic control learning in dextrous manipulation tasks.

Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year. Some projects may require a minimum of 16 consecutive weeks.

Responsibilities

Conduct collaborative research on developing CV and tactile based algorithms for both human and robotics data.
Develop robotic data pipelines for robotic dextrous manipulation, train models, and benchmark different algorithms.
Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results.

Qualifications

Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, or relevant technical field
Experience in computer vision, with active contributions in at least one subdomain (3D reconstruction, hand pose estimation, object pose estimation) and strong familiarity across all
Understand state of the art in robotic manipulation control policies, with experience in physics based simulators like Mujoco
Experience with Python, PyTorch or JAX, or other related languages
Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as Robotics (RSS, ICRA, IROS, CoRL, T-RO, IJRR), Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, JMLR), and Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI), or similar
Experience with multimodal learning including but not limited to tactile data
Experience working with robot manipulation
Experience with building pipelines with foundation CV models, for example, CLIP, DinoV2 or SAM2
Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
Intent to return to the degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op
Availability for minimum 16 consecutive week internship