Robotics Research Scientist – Embodied AI

We are looking for Research Scientists to join the Robotics team whose mission is to build “Embodied AI” - a robot brain capable of turning language instructions into useful physical actions - to improve the lives of billions of people in the physical world.

The Role

Research Scientists work on a diverse and stimulating range of projects including: developing algorithms and prototype applications, providing software design and programming support to research projects, along with architecting and implementing software libraries. Our Research Scientists are pivotal to the development and ongoing improvement of our research through the computational implementation of our latest theoretical work.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, implement and evaluate models and software prototypes of robotic agents.
• 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 You

In order to set you up for success as a Research Scientist at Google Deep Mind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Knowledge of the latest in large machine learning research.

In addition, the following would be an advantage:

• Experience working with simulators and real-world robots.
• Expertise in using large datasets with deep neural networks to make real robots useful.
• A real passion for AI impacting real world robots!

What We Offer

At Google Deep Mind, we want employees and their families to live happier and healthier lives, both in and out of work, and our benefits reflect that. Some select benefits we offer: enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave, private medical and dental insurance for yourself and any dependents, and flexible working options. We strive to continually improve our working environment, and provide you with excellent facilities such as healthy food, an on-site gym, faith rooms, terraces etc.

We are also open to relocating candidates to California and offer a bespoke service and immigration support to make it as easy as possible (depending on eligibility).

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $133,000 - $240,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.