RL Engineer - Robotic Manipulation

Flink Robotics is an early-stage ETH SpinOff dedicated to enabling flexible robotic automation for anyone, anywhere. Join our highly talented and motivated team to build the next generation of software intelligence that transforms any robot into a plug-n-play automation solution for material handling.

The Opportunity

As an RL Engineer - Robotic Manipulation you will play a crucial role in making autonomous robots a reality. This is your chance to apply cutting edge technologies to solve real world problems, achieving unprecedented reliability and robustness. You will join a fast-paced, goal-driven team of world-class experts in vision, control and artificial intelligence. As one of the first team members of a fast paced tech startup, you will contribute in shaping the future of our technological roadmap. With your work and vision, you will help advance the state of the art in robotics and how mechanical machines become intelligent and flexible workers for material handling.

Market and Technology

Flink Robotics transforms off-the-shelve robots into plug-n-play workers for material handling, introducing robots to logistics, retail, healthcare and many more dynamic spaces. We build software intelligence that transforms robots into intelligent beings that take simple instructions to perform complex tasks. Our technology gives robots the skills to work in dynamic environments and perform jobs that are dull, hazardous and down right boring. We deliver a high-quality software platform that upskills any combination of robotics hardware.

Your Contributions

Lead the design of novel reinforcement learning algorithms for manipulation
Develop reliable and robust manipulation controllers for complex industrial environments
Improve and maintain our control software stack, including our reinforcement learning framework and its associated tools
Design and implement a state of the art physics simulation for RL training
Writing high-quality, super-fast C++ code with unit and integration tests, enabling real-time operation
Participate in defining the technology roadmap for the whole software stack - from vision to motion planning and low-level feedback controllers
Participation in planning, organization and tracking of personal and team objectives and tasks
Contribute to shape our long term development roadmap

Your Profile

Excellent at training others in the state of the art of machine learning for robotics
Excellent at writing Python for machine learning, using libraries like PyTorch, Tensorflow, …
Very strong at designing, implementing and improving reinforcement learning pipelines for robotics
Proven track record of building end-to-end learning solutions for robotics
Strong at coordinating yourself and others, working towards a goal and achieving outcomes
Strong vision on how to apply recent research advances into industrial use cases
Excellent C++ coding skills with proven ability to write high-performance code
Engineering or science degree with a strong focus on robotics or machine learning
Excellent understanding of state-of-the-art algorithms for RL and robotics

Bonus Points

You have applied reinforcement learning to train and deploy on real robots

We offer you a very exciting and dynamic work environment, the opportunity to become part of a fast-growing startup and an ambitious team that is on a mission to change the robotics industry, a chance to leverage your experience and bring in your own ideas, a fair market salary, an attractive employee stock ownership plan, and a job in the city of Zurich.

Apply here: https://forms.gle/mjAVQvXvGMycof7q6