Platform Robotics Engineer, Large Behavior Models (Los Altos)

Platform Robotics Engineer, Large Behavior Models

At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we're on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We're developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we've built a world-class team in Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, Large Behavioral Models, and Robotics.

The mission is to make general-purpose robots a reality via large-scale embodied AI. The challenge is to create truly general-purpose robots that can accomplish a wide variety of tasks in settings like human homes with minimal human supervision. To achieve this, we are gathering large datasets of physical interaction from a variety of sources and training large generative foundation models on this physical interaction data along with language, video, audio, and other rich modalities.

Our goal is to revolutionize the field of robotic manipulation, enabling long-horizon dexterous behaviors to be efficiently instructed, learned, and improved over time in real world environments. Our north star is fundamental technological advancement in building robots that can flexibly perform a wide variety of tasks in diverse environments with minimal human supervision. Come join us and let's make general-purpose robots a reality.

We operate a fleet of robots, and robot-embodied teaching and deployment are key parts of our strategy.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and deployment of novel robotic systems through software development.
• Develop tooling to enable stable, performant, and scalable robotic platform deployments.
• Enable research into robot foundation models by working with mechanical / electrical engineers, technicians, and researchers to integrate, test, and deploy new sensors.
• Design and integrate creative system solutions; combining actuation, structure, and sensing, as well as mechanisms and sensory for human-scale manipulation.
• Improve on software / hardware systems and tooling toward more detailed operation of robots.

Qualifications

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $144,000 and $216,000 / year for California-based roles; however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Note that TRI offers a generous benefits package (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave) and an annual cash bonus structure. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

TRI is fueled by a diverse and inclusive community of people with unique backgrounds, education and life experiences. We are dedicated to fostering an innovative and collaborative environment by living the values that are an essential part of our culture. We believe diversity makes us stronger and are proud to provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all, without regard to an applicant's race, color, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, religion, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state or local laws.