Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is looking to improve the quality of human life by developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience, specifically by making general-purpose robots a reality that can operate reliably in complex, unstructured environments.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering skills; comfortable working in a mixed Python and C++ codebase.
- Deep multi-functional understanding of all levels of a robotic system including both hardware and software, with experience operating robots.
- Experience with a full-stack approach to robotics, including familiarity with electromechanical systems and actuation, as well as practical software design.
- Familiarity with physical/embodied AI methods and training machine-learned policies.
- Experience with inter- and in-process communication, parallelism, logging, networking and data systems, and common methods.
- Familiarity with classical motion planning and robotic control.
Responsibilities
- Research and contribute to the design of novel robotic systems through software development, encompassing control, perception, and planning, applying both classical and learned methods.
- Enable research into robot foundation models by working with mechanical/electrical engineers, technicians, and researchers to build and integrate new enabling robotics technologies.
- Work with robotics research scientists toward applying and integrating research toward more robust, perceptive, and scalable systems.
- Design and integrate creative system solutions; combining actuation, structure, and sensing, as well as new mechanisms and sensory for human-scale manipulation and dexterity.
Other
- B.S. or equivalent experience or higher in an engineering-related field and 6+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Ability to work independently when needed, but also works well as part of a larger integrated group.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
- TRI offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) eligibility, paid time off benefits (including vacation, sick time, and parental leave), and an annual cash bonus structure.
- TRI is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
