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Boston Dynamics · 21 hours ago

Research Engineer, Atlas Physics Simulation for RL

positionWaltham, MA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
date3+ years exp

Boston Dynamics is a leader in robotics technology, and they are seeking a Research Engineer to work on physics simulation for reinforcement learning. In this role, you will develop large-scale physics simulations and evaluate various physics simulators to enhance humanoid robot capabilities.

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Responsibilities

Develop large scale physics simulation that can efficiently train reinforcement learning agents
Evaluate and benchmark different physics simulators, mesh representations and rendering pipelines
Scale physics simulations to generate millions of samples per second
Build synthetic rendering pipelines to create photorealistic images
Extend existing physics simulators to improve simulation quality

Qualification

Physics simulationReinforcement learningPythonC++MuJoCoIsaacSimWarpRendering pipelinesAlgorithm designDebuggingPerformance optimizationPyTorchJaxGPU architectureCPU architectureKubernetesDocker

Required

MS with 3 years of industry experience or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
Detailed understanding physics simulation including contact solvers and mesh representations
Extensive experience with physics simulation including MuJoCo, IsaacSim and Warp
Experience with rendering pipelines to create photorealistic synthetic images
Strong foundation in Python, C++ and modern numerical frameworks (e.g., PyTorch and Jax)
Experience in algorithm design, debugging, and performance optimization

Preferred

A PhD or equivalent research experience in reinforcement learning or robotic manipulation
Publications at top tier robotics venues including RSS, CoRL, Science Robotics, ICRA
Experience training RL policies in simulation for robots or simulated characters
Strong understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of gpu based simulators
Understanding of GPU and CPU compute architectures
Experience with heterogeneous compute clusters, kubernetes and docker

Company

Boston Dynamics

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Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation.
dateFounded in 1992
location
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
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http://bostondynamics.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (7)
2022 (6)
2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$37M
Key Investors
SoftBank
2020-12-09Acquired
2019-02-06Series Unknown· $37M

Leadership Team

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Robert Playter
Chief Executive Officer
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Marc Theermann
Chief Strategy Officer
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