Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.
Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. Our AI team is looking for Robot Manipulation Engineers to empower Figure humanoid robots with the dexterity to interact with the objects found in our physical world.
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, test, and deploy manipulation algorithms for humanoid robots with high degree of freedom, highly dexterous hands. These algorithms will include grasping, picking and placing, reorienting objects, opening doors, bimanual manipulation, visual and tactile servoing, and assembly
Train deep learning models for manipulation that are robust to uncertainty, sensor noise, and partial information
Assist in producing simulation models for manipulation to enable digital twin simulations
Develop and use modern software engineering techniques to implement high quality, well-tested software
Evaluate potential manipulation solutions and make design trade offs and decisions based on robot requirements
Collaborate with other Figure team members to develop and implement a full autonomy stack
Engineer and ship high quality, reliable software that will be deployed to the real world
Work with the Figure Integration and Testing team to evaluate and continuously improve your robot manipulation software
Requirements:
Experience implementing, testing, and deploying robot manipulation solutions in C++ and/or Python on real robots
Understand both traditional and machine learning approaches to robot manipulation, and the tradeoffs between various techniques
Experience with deep learning frameworks
Capable of quickly writing massive amounts of high quality, well-tested, robot manipulation software
Possess both a theoretical understanding and have practical experience with robot manipulation algorithms
Have a deep knowledge of state of the art techniques, data structures, and software tools
Thrive in a high pace environment, where solutions are often unclear and require exploration
Experience in robot manipulation
Bonus Qualifications:
Passionate about building humanoid robots
Experience with deploying real world robot manipulation solutions for autonomous commercial applications
Publication record of developing and deploying robot manipulation solutions