[Remote] Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal Learning for Robotics (PhD)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Meta is a technology company focused on building immersive experiences through augmented and virtual reality. As a Research Scientist Intern, you will engage in research on robotic control and machine learning, developing algorithms for dextrous manipulation tasks. Responsibilities Conduct collaborative research on developing CV and tactile based algorithms for both human and robotics data Develop robotic data pipelines for robotic dextrous manipulation, train models, and benchmark different algorithms Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results Skills Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, or relevant technical field Experience in computer vision, with active contributions in at least one subdomain (3D reconstruction, hand pose estimation, object pose estimation) and strong familiarity across all Understand state of the art in robotic manipulation control policies, with experience in physics based simulators like Mujoco Experience with Python, PyTorch or JAX, or other related languages Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as Robotics (RSS, ICRA, IROS, CoRL, T-RO, IJRR), Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, JMLR), and Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, TPAMI), or similar Experience with multimodal learning including but not limited to tactile data Experience working with robot manipulation Experience with building pipelines with foundation CV models, for example, CLIP, DinoV2 or SAM2 Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment Intent to return to the degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op Availability for minimum 16 consecutive week internship Benefits Benefits Company Overview Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA, US, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is