Overview
NVIDIA is seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Scientist to join our Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group in Santa Clara, CA. This role focuses on developing foundation models for humanoid robots, contributing to projects that blend the virtual and physical worlds.
What You Will Be Doing
- Design and implement novel AI algorithms and models for general-purpose humanoid robots.
- Develop large-scale AI training and inference methods for foundation models.
- Optimize and deploy AI models in physical simulation and on robot hardware.
- Collaborate with research and engineering teams across NVIDIA to transfer research to products and services.
What We Need To See
- A Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant work/research experience in Multimodal Foundation Models.
- Hands-on training experience and publications in topics such as LLMs, large vision-language models, video generative models, diffusion algorithms, or action-based transformers.
- Outstanding engineering skills in rapid prototyping and model training frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Jax, TensorFlow).
- Proficiency in Python; C++ and CUDA are a big plus.
Robotics Skills
- Hands-on training experience and publications in robot learning, such as reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and classical control methods.
- Strong programming skills in Python, C++, ROS, and machine learning frameworks like PyTorch.
- Deep understanding of robot kinematics, dynamics, and sensors.
- Knowledge of control methods, including PID, model predictive control, and whole-body control.
- Familiarity with physics simulation frameworks such as MuJoCo and Isaac Sim.
- Robot hardware design and hands-on building experience.
Why NVIDIA?
Join one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and productive people in the world working with us. This is your chance to be at the forefront of developing general-purpose robots and embodied agents.
Salary and Benefits
The base salary range is $180,000 - $345,000 USD, determined by location, experience, and comparable pay. You will also be eligible for equity and comprehensive benefits.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Paid vacation
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