Applied Scientist (Robotics and AI Institute LLC):

Conduct complex research on and develop cutting-edge robotics technologies and robots used in
the areas of cognitive AI, athletic AI, organic hardware design, and robot ethics. Duties include:

1. Develop and implement new algorithms used to enhance our state-of-the-art designs in
robot controls;
2. Leverage and apply complex robotics technologies and methods to conduct research and
develop our robots;
3. Provide critical solutions to develop machines that contribute to human safety, care for
the disabled and elderly, and enhance industrial productivity;
4. Bring new hardware, algorithms, and ideas to RAI through collaboration with research
institutions;
5. Create solutions that meet the computing, electrical, and mechanical needs of novel
hardware in collaboration with our robotics hardware team;
6. Guide design reviews for our Robotics team, leveraging knowledge of complex robotics
designs;
7. Promote quality and reliability through regular robotics code reviews;
8. Develop long-horizon behaviors for robot manipulation tasks using a combination of
model-based and machine learning techniques.

Minimum Requirements:

A Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Robotics, Mechanical
Engineering, or a closely related field followed by 2 years of post-baccalaureate experience in a
robotics engineering-related occupation.

Experience must include the following, which may have been gained concurrently:

1) 2 years of experience designing and developing robot software applications in production
environments using C++ or Python and using frameworks, including Robot Operating
System (ROS) or equivalent;
2) 2 years of experience working with robot systems that utilize machine learning (i.e.,
imitation learning and reinforcement learning) for autonomous manipulation;
3) 2 years of experience designing and conducting robot experiments in both hardware and
in simulation, including building the hardware and simulation environments;
4) 2 years of experience developing fault-tolerant behaviors for mobile manipulation robots
with abstractions, including finite-state machines or behavior trees;
5) 2 years of experience integrating hardware and software systems and working with and
debugging systems, including motion planning, low-level motor control, perception, state
estimation, and navigation;
6) 2 years of experience designing and conducting tests with hardware in the loop, using
visualization and debugging tools to conduct failure analysis on robot logs, and creating
concise fixes to the system based on findings;
7) 1 year of experience using robot platforms capable of mobile manipulation.

Job site: 145 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142. Full-time. Salary: $128,000 to $238,000.

To apply, email cover letter and resume, referencing Req. #061454-305, to recruiting@rai-
inst.com.
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