Samsung Research America is looking for an engineer to advance the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and development, focusing on developing advanced technologies for intelligent robotic systems capable of manipulation, navigation, and complex reasoning.
Requirements
- 3+ years’ industry experience in state-of-the-art robotics R&D, such as foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, open-world 3D perception, trajectory prediction, model predictive control, and multimodal (visual, tactile, audio, semantic) information fusion
- Demonstrated experience in sensing, kinematics, dynamics, and control systems integrated on real robotic systems
- Solid understanding of computer vision techniques (e.g., object detection, segmentation, tracking) and multi-view image processing
- Knowledgeable of tools and processes to monitor ML model performance and data quality, including model tuning experience
- Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, C++, ROS, and CUDA
- Demonstrated experience in software engineering best practices to track, communicate, and document project progress
- Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals, including locomotion, manipulation, sensor inputs, pose tracking, 3D mapping, SLAM, ROS, and policy architectures particularly for semi-structured and unstructured environments
Responsibilities
- Design and evaluate the suitability of robotic hardware, sensors, and software for applications in semi-structured and unstructured environments targeting high impact business areas
- Integrate sensors, actuators and other component into proof-of-concept/prototype robotic systems and analyze and optimize robotic system performance and accuracy
- Design, develop, integrate and test algorithms for robot perception, control, learning, navigation, and manipulation
- Develop and deploy data collection and model management mechanisms for in-the wild data aggregation
- Document and present results evaluating algorithms and models on targeted compute platforms
- Conduct pilot studies and formal experiments to benchmark performance against state-of-the-art approaches using clear and well-reasoned metrics
Other
- PhD or Master’s degree in EECS/Robotics or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work
- Disclosure of Trade Secrets: Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process, you must not disclose any trade secrets of a current or previous employer.
- This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
