AI Intern

Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency -- robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility: our mission is to make businesses more productive and people’s lives more fulfilling.

About The Role:

We’re seeking an AI Intern to help our humanoid robot, Digit, navigate and interact with the world. You’ll be in the driver’s seat of an applied research project, moving past theory to see your code manifest in motion on hardware. You’ll work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry, utilizing a fleet of Digits as your playground.

About the work:

• Lead a research project in robot learning, such as reinforcement learning for whole-body control or learning loco-manipulation skills from demonstration.
• Design and run experiments to evaluate learning-based robot behaviors in simulation and on hardware.
• Improve data collection, model training, and evaluation frameworks.
• Dive into robot logs and experimental data to diagnose failures and push the boundaries of what Digit can do.
• Present your findings to a world-class team of engineers and researchers.

About you:

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field.
• Strong skills in Python and modern ML frameworks. (PyTorch, JAX, etc.).
• Excited to integrate, run, and evaluate your learned policies on the robot.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Ability to work independently on open-ended technical problems.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Reinforcement learning

• Learning from demonstration

• Multimodal learning (vision, proprioception, forces, etc)

• Sim-2-real

• Experience training machine learning models on real or simulated datasets.

• Experience working with robot hardware.

• Experience analyzing experimental data and communicating results.

Anticipated Salary Range

$75$75 USD

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:

• **401(k) Plan:**Includes a 6% company match.
• **Equity:**Company stock options.
• **Insurance Coverage:**100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
• **Benefit Start Date:**Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
• **Well-Being Support:**Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Time Off:
  • **Exempt Employees:**Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
  • **Non-Exempt Employees:**10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
• **On-Site Perks:**Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
• **Parental Leave:**Generous paid parental leave programs.
• **Work Environment:**A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
• **Growth Opportunities:**Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
• **Relocation Assistance:**Provided for eligible roles.
• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.

Agility Robotics does not accept unsolicited referrals from third-party recruiting agencies. We prioritize direct applicants and encourage all qualified candidates to apply directly through our careers page. If you are represented by a third party, your application may not be considered. To ensure full consideration, please apply directly.

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