Sunnyvale, CA
Intern - AI Team
Targeted start date: 3-6 months. Relocation provided.
The AI residency role involves developing full-stack infrastructure for simulation, data management, and learning. This work is like building a self-driving car - and all the technical challenges that it entails - except that the robot must also deliberately come into contact with the world (when manipulating objects and doors).
Our wheeled Android EVE, is engineered to work with you, from guarding to logistics, and our bipedal model, NEO, is designed to become a household android with broad deployment in various applications. Our products will understand both natural language and physical space, so they can complete useful tasks in any environment.
We’ve established our dual HQ in San Francisco and Norway. Our positions require in-person presence to ensure effective execution and seamless collaboration in our hardware-focused environment. We value passion for our work and encourage candidates who share our dedication to join our team.
Why this job is exciting
Your role on the team will be to scale up robot learning algorithms on state-of-the-art hardware
You will get to deploy code to androids at customer sites
- We aim to (1) double the number of tasks the androids can perform and (2) half the error rate on existing tasks, quarter over quarter
The team works closely together to scale up a single approach to a production-ready system, rather than publishing research papers
Responsibilities
- Day to day: scale up datasets used for training end-to-end navigation and manipulation
- Build the “data engine” (frontend UI and backend) to review logs, clean, and label data
- Extend simulation infra to generate useful data for the real world and close the sim-to-real gap
- Work with our data operations team to test out research ideas in sim and real world
- Ship new capabilities to androids deployed in customer sites
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent. We're mostly looking for graduate-level students, but are willing to consider exceptional undergraduates who have a lot of related research experience
- 2+ years of relevant work experience or equivalent
- Proficiency working with large codebases in Python, including testing
- Ability to rapidly prototype ideas in code in an independent manner
- Familiarity with linear algebra and supervised machine learning
- Experience with Deep Learning Frameworks (Pytorch, TF, JAX, etc.)
Qualities we're looking for:
- Fast thinker and learner
- Highly independent code contributor
- Capable of performing world-class machine learning research but willing to work on infra and operational scaling of the fleet when needed
- Good judgement in scoping research problems and infrastructure
- Perseverance
Added Bonuses:
- Robotics and ROS experience
- Has built large programming projects on their own for fun (e.g. open source projects)
- Systems programming
- Training large-scale ML models such as visual foundation models, large language models, pixel-level generative models
- Published robotics research in top ML conferences (CVPR, ICML, ICLR, etc.)
Compensation
The target compensation range for this role is US$ 8,000 to 12,000 per month.
Interview process
Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better
- [30m] Recruiter Screen with Moe Thitsa
- [45m] Hiring Manager Screen with AI team
Team Interview Stage - we then dive into your experience in more depth and introduce you to members of the team. This is also the stage where you will do your take-home challenge
- [90m] Technical Deep-Dive conversation with the AI team
Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round
- [15m] Role expectation management with Eric Jang
- [30m] Conversation with CEO Bernt Øivind Børnich
Not sure if this is you?
If you’re excited about this role, but you’re not sure if you qualify, apply anyway! You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Location
This position is based in Sunnyvale, California, USA, at our newly renovated AI headquarters. We offer visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates. Joining our team means becoming a valued member of one of the biggest brands in humanoid robotics, where you'll play a part in shaping the future of general purpose androids.
These are the ideas that express our team’s culture and how we work:
Be Nice
Collaboration is our driving force. Our team creates an open, trusting environment where everyone can be their most creative.
Stay Smart
A world-changing team needs the brightest minds in every discipline. This is where people come to work, learn, and grow to their full potential.
Make History
Everything we do gets us closer to one ambitious vision: general-purpose androids helping people around the globe. We believe what we build today will impact generations.
1X is an inclusive and equal-opportunity employer that values diversity. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't hesitate to let us know during the interview process. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.
We're excited to have you on board!