Job Summary:
Boston Dynamics is seeking a highly motivated Senior Staff Control Engineer to advance robotics behavior learning and manipulation for their Stretch robot in complex warehouse environments. The role involves developing learning-based approaches for robotic behavior planning and control, working across research and production boundaries.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and evaluate learning-based solutions for robotic manipulation and behavior planning using techniques such as reinforcement learning and imitation learning.
• Leverage multimodal inputs (vision, depth, language, proprioception) and modern ML architectures to improve decision making.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure engineers to build and iterate on AI/ML development systems, spanning data collection, model training, validation, and deployment on real robots.
• Develop and maintain simulation systems that support large-scale data generation, model training, and performance evaluation for learning-based policies.
• Collaborate with perception, planning, and control teams to integrate learned components into the broader autonomy stack.
• Transition promising R&D prototypes into robust, production-quality systems deployed in the field.
• Contribute to the infrastructure and tools enabling scalable AI experimentation, as well as data and model management for continuous learning and deployment.
Qualifications:
Required:
• MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field with 8 years of industry experience or PhD with 3 years experience
• Proven experience developing in large, collaborative codebases (Python and C++)
• Deep expertise and hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: Imitation Learning, Unsupervised Learning, or Reinforcement Learning at scale
• Designing data collection strategies, curating large-scale proprietary datasets, and developing data flywheels to drive continuous model improvement
• Learned visual representations for decision making and manipulation
• Multimodal learning, integrating vision, language, and robot states through specialized encoders
• Experience developing and using simulations to support AI/ML workflows, including data generation and model evaluation
• Demonstrated ability to bridge R&D and product development, delivering deployable technologies
• Experience in technical leadership on a cross-discipline team, excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred:
• Experience with physics simulation such as MuJoCo, IsaacSim
• Background in robotic manipulation or warehouse automation
• Familiarity with on-robot perception and control integration for complex tasks
• Familiarity with ML deployment on edge or embedded systems
Company:
Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation. It is a sub-organization of Hyundai Motor Company. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Waltham, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.