About the role#
As a Robot Learning Engineer Intern, you will own a defined project from start to finish. You will work with a dedicated mentor and present your results to the team. We offer internship durations of 3 or 6 months. This role is based at our office in South San Francisco.
What you'll do#
- Train policies using imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or fine-tuned foundation models for real robot tasks.
- Build data collection and evaluation pipelines, and run ablations.
- Deploy policies on hardware and iterate based on real-world performance.
- Test your work directly on robots in the office.
- Gain experience with pose estimation, VLM, VLA, 3D scene reconstruction, object detection, and multimodal learning.
What you'll need#
- Pursuing an MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Strong proficiency in PyTorch and a solid grounding in deep learning, plus experience in either imitation learning or reinforcement learning.
- Applied evidence of your skills through publications, open-source work, or substantial course and competition projects.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks with light supervision.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States for the duration of the internship.
Location & details#
- Location: South San Francisco, California.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Employment Type: Full-time.
- Majors: Computer Science, Data Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering.
About Gritt Robotics
Gritt Robotics builds intelligent systems for construction sites. The company creates technology that attaches to existing equipment to handle transport, assembly, and pick-and-place tasks. These systems operate in outdoor environments and currently focus on large-scale solar infrastructure. Founded in 2024, the business is based in Belmont, California, and maintains a team of 27 employees.
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