Research Scientist, Robotics

Job title:

Research Scientist, Robotics

Company

DeepMind

Job description

At Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.SnapshotWe are looking for research scientists to join the Robotics Team. Our team investigates the fundamental principles and applications of embodied AI. Our goal is to create intelligent robots that can perceive, reason about, and act in the real world, in order to help humans and benefit society. We are especially interested in how intelligent autonomous behavior can arise through learning. We are equally excited about studying the underlying algorithmic principles and model architectures as we are about deploying our technology at scale in real- world problems.About usArtificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.The roleResearch Scientists at Google DeepMind lead our efforts in developing novel algorithmic architecture towards the end goal of solving and building Artificial General Intelligence.We are looking for creative thinkers with strong algorithm-design and programming skills that want to build the next generation of AI agents for and grounded in the physical world. A strong algorithmic background in scalable machine learning (e.g. reinforcement learning / imitation learning; multimodal foundation models) and experience with real robots / robot simulation and large-scale training setups are valued.Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and evaluate models and software prototypes of embodied agents and related technologies.
• Report and present research findings and developments including status and results clearly and efficiently both internally and externally, verbally and in writing.
• Suggest and engage in team collaborations to meet ambitious research goals.
• Work with external collaborators and maintain relationships with relevant research labs and key individuals as appropriate.

About youMinimum qualifications:

• PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• A strong algorithmic background with deep knowledge of areas such as:

• reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
• multimodal generative modeling, training and inference.
• large vision / vision-language / video and other multimodal models.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with simulators and real-world robots, esp. dexterous manipulation including multi-fingered hands and / or whole body control.
• Experience implementing large-scale systems and working with large real world data.
• A real passion for AI impacting real world robots!

The deadline to submit your application is 5pm BST on Friday 26th July.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sun, 14 Jul 2024 04:52:03 GMT

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