Lab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and development. The lab’s mission is to develop advanced technologies to power intelligent robotic systems capable of manipulation, navigation, and complex reasoning for a variety of high-impact application areas. To achieve this mission, the lab collaborates closely with external entities such as universities, startups, and government labs, as well as with several Samsung Product and Advanced Research labs.   

Position Summary:  Samsung Research America is looking for a Senior Staff Research Scientist with solid technical skills and rich academic and/or industry experience in areas of robotics and embodied intelligence. Our ideal candidate explores novel AI technologies towards generalizing robots to perform tasks in the real world and is passionate at pursuing technology patenting and publication. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on AI and robotics will provide you with exciting technical challenges and a rewarding career experience. By leveraging Samsung’s vast product ecosystem to deliver novel user experiences, your work will define Samsung’s future in robotics and significantly impact real-world users.

Candidates with additional experience are encouraged to apply in and will be considered for other opportunities.

Position Responsibilities:

• Conduct state-of-the-art research to push boundaries of emerging fields of robotics and embodied intelligence, on topics such as robotics foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, vision language models (VLMs), open-world 3D perception, dexterous manipulation, and multimodal (vision, tactile, audio, semantic) data fusion
• Work with the team to design and implement research prototypes and technology demonstrators on robotic platforms
• Work within cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis and performance evaluation from concept to completion
• Provide technical leadership and assist in shaping R&D priorities by following up-to-date scientific research and communicating key developments
• Generate patents and scientific research papers for top-tier publication venues

Required Skills:

• PhD degree in CS/EE/Robotics, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 7+ years’ post-graduate experience conducting state-of-the-art robotics R&D
• Strong research track-record including multiple first-author publications at top-tier venues in robotics or related fields, e.g., CoRL, ICRA, RAL, RSS, CVPR, ICML
• Comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of robotics, machine learning, and computer vision
• Demonstrated experience implementing and testing complex integrated behaviors on simulated and real robots
• Knowledgeable of tools and processes for ML model development, tuning, evaluation, and deployment
• Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, C++, ROS, and CUDA
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work

Lab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and development. The lab’s mission is to develop advanced technologies to power intelligent robotic systems capable of manipulation, navigation, and complex reasoning for a variety of high-impact application areas. To achieve this mission, the lab collaborates closely with external entities such as universities, startups, and government labs, as well as with several Samsung Product and Advanced Research labs.

Position Summary:  Samsung Research America is looking for an engineer who has solid technical skills and rich academic and/or industry experience in areas of robotics and embodied intelligence. Our ideal candidate explores novel AI technologies towards generalizing robots to perform tasks in the real world. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on AI and robotics will provide you with exciting technical challenges and a rewarding career experience. By leveraging Samsung’s vast product ecosystem to deliver novel user experiences, your work will define Samsung’s future in robotics and significantly impact real-world users.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design and evaluate the suitability of robotic hardware, sensors, and software for applications in semi-structured and unstructured environments targeting high impact business areas
• Integrate sensors, actuators and other component into proof-of-concept/prototype robotic systems and analyze and optimize robotic system performance and accuracy
• Design, develop, integrate and test algorithms for robot perception, control, learning, navigation, and manipulation
• Develop and deploy data collection and model management mechanisms for in-the wild data aggregation
• Work within cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis and performance evaluation from concept to completion
• Document and present results evaluating algorithms and models on targeted compute platforms
• Conduct pilot studies and formal experiments to benchmark performance against state-of-the-art approaches using clear and well-reasoned metrics

Required Skills:

• PhD or Master’s degree in EECS/Robotics or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 3+ years’ industry experience in state-of-the-art robotics R&D, such as foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, open-world 3D perception, trajectory prediction, model predictive control, and multimodal (visual, tactile, audio, semantic) information fusion
• Demonstrated experience in sensing, kinematics, dynamics, and control systems integrated on real robotic systems
• Solid understanding of computer vision techniques (e.g., object detection, segmentation, tracking) and multi-view image processing
• Knowledgeable of tools and processes to monitor ML model performance and data quality, including model tuning experience
• Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, C++, ROS, and CUDA
• Demonstrated experience in software engineering best practices to track, communicate, and document project progress
• Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals, including locomotion, manipulation, sensor inputs, pose tracking, 3D mapping, SLAM, ROS, and policy architectures particularly for semi-structured and unstructured environments
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work

Candidates with additional experience are encouraged to apply in and will be considered for other opportunities.

Lab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and development. The lab’s mission is to develop advanced technologies such as robotics foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, vision language models (VLMs), reinforcement learning, imitation learning, advanced sensing, and sensor fusion to create intelligent robotic systems capable of interacting with their environment in a human-like natural manner. To achieve this mission, the lab collaborates closely with both with external entities such as universities, startups, and government labs, and with several Samsung Product and Advanced Research labs.   

Position Summary:  Samsung Research America is looking for someone who has solid technical skills and rich academic and/or industry experience in areas of robotics and embodied intelligence. Our ideal candidate is to explore novel AI technologies towards generalizing robots to perform tasks in the real world. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on AI and robotics will provide you with exciting technical challenges and a rewarding career experience. By leveraging Samsung’s vast product ecosystem to deliver novel user experiences, your work will define Samsung’s future in robotics and significantly impact real-world users.

Position Responsibilities:

• Develop and design robotic hardware and software components
• Integrate sensors, actuators and other component into robotic systems
• Design, develop, integrate and test algorithms for robot control, navigation and perception, and analyze and optimize robotic system performance and accuracy
• Work within cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis and performance evaluation from concept to completion
• Document and present results for optimizing models for real-time inference on edge devices and robotic systems
• Conduct experiments and benchmark performance against state-of-the-art approaches in robotic task planning
• Solid background on model inference acceleration, quantization for embedded or edge devices
• Prepare proof-of-concepts, demo/prototypes, design, and execute pilot studies using available robot platforms
• Deploy robot platforms and newly built data collection mechanisms for in-the wild data aggregation in semi-structured and unstructured environments targeting high impact business areas

Required Skills:

• PhD or Master’s degree in EECS/Robotics or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 2+ years’ industry experience in robotics foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, and vision language models (VLMs)
• Demonstrated experience in kinematics, dynamics, and control systems for robotic systems
• Solid understanding of computer vision techniques (e.g., object detection, segmentation, tracking) and real-time video tokenizer design and multi-view image processing
• Knowledgeable of tools and processes to monitor model performance and data quality, including model tuning experience
• Strong experience with sensors and actuators integration, CAD, and 3D printing tools
• Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, C, C++, Java, ROS, and CUDA
• Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals, including locomotion, manipulation, sensor inputs, pose tracking, 3D mapping, SLAM, ROS, and policy architectures particularly for semi-structured and unstructured environments
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work

Lab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through cutting-edge research and development. The lab’s mission is to develop advanced technologies to power intelligent robotic systems capable of manipulation, navigation, and complex reasoning for a variety of high-impact application areas. To achieve this mission, the lab collaborates closely with external entities such as universities, startups, and government labs, as well as with several Samsung Product and Advanced Research labs.   

Position Summary:  Samsung Research America is looking for a Principal Research Scientist with solid technical skills and rich academic and/or industry experience in areas of robotics and embodied intelligence. Our ideal candidate explores novel AI technologies towards generalizing robots to perform tasks in the real world and is passionate at pursuing technology patenting and publication. Samsung’s unique advantage in the consumer electronics market and growing focus on AI and robotics will provide you with exciting technical challenges and a rewarding career experience. By leveraging Samsung’s vast product ecosystem to deliver novel user experiences, your work will define Samsung’s future in robotics and significantly impact real-world users.

Candidates with additional experience are encouraged to apply in and will be considered for other opportunities.

Position Responsibilities:

• Conduct state-of-the-art research to push boundaries of emerging fields of robotics and embodied intelligence, on topics such as robotics foundation models, vision-language-action (VLA) models, vision language models (VLMs), open-world 3D perception, dexterous manipulation, and multimodal (vision, tactile, audio, semantic) data fusion
• Work with the team to design and implement research prototypes and technology demonstrators on robotic platforms
• Work within cross-functional, cross-divisional teams and assist in the design, analysis and performance evaluation from concept to completion
• Provide technical leadership and assist in shaping R&D priorities by following up-to-date scientific research and communicating key developments
• Generate patents and scientific research papers for top-tier publication venues

Required Skills:

• PhD degree in CS/EE/Robotics, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 11+ years’ post-graduate experience conducting state-of-the-art robotics R&D
• Strong research track-record including multiple first-author publications at top-tier venues in robotics or related fields, e.g., CoRL, ICRA, RAL, RSS, CVPR, ICML
• Comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of robotics, machine learning, and computer vision
• Demonstrated experience implementing and testing complex integrated behaviors on simulated and real robots
• Knowledgeable of tools and processes for ML model development, tuning, evaluation, and deployment
• Familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, C++, ROS, and CUDA
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent verbal communication and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical concepts developed in the course of the work