Senior Robotics Research Engineer, Robotics and AI for Drug Discovery
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Senior robotics research engineer to lead development of physical AI systems for wet-lab automation in drug discovery, as part of the NVIDIA + Eli Lilly co-innovation lab.
What you’ll do
- Build digital twins of robots, lab environments, and scientific procedures using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and Matterix
- Develop perception pipelines for object detection, pose estimation, and tracking using multisensory inputs and foundation models
- Translate experimental protocols into executable physical procedures via VLMs and task/motion planning
- Train robots for contact-rich manipulation using imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and high-performance control
What you’ll bring
- PhD in Robotics, ML, CS, EE, ME, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- At least 3 years of post-PhD research and engineering experience (5+ preferred)
- Deep expertise in real-world robotics applications and AI
- Exceptional Python programming skills; familiarity with C++, CUDA, Warp a plus
Technologies
Isaac Sim · Isaac Lab · Matterix · Newton · ROS2 · MuJoCo · PyTorch · JAX · CUDA · Warp
About NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs and system-on-chips powering data centers, AI workloads, gaming, autonomous vehicles, and HPC. The foundational hardware for modern deep learning.
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We are now looking for a Senior Robotics Research Engineer (Robotics & AI for Drug Discovery)! NVIDIA is at the forefront of the AI and robotics revolution, and NVIDIA’s robotics teams are on a mission to build the essential technology that can enable any company to become a robotics company. The Seattle Robotics Lab is focused on fundamental and applied robotics research across the full robotics stack, including perception, planning, control, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, simulation, world models, and multimodal action models. Over the past 9 years, the lab has published 450+ scientific papers that have been presented at top robotics, AI, and computer vision conferences, with a number of these works leading to a transformative impact on robotics research and NVIDIA’s simulation/robotics products. NVIDIA and Eli Lilly have recently announced a groundbreaking partnership
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We are now looking for a Senior Robotics Research Engineer (Robotics & AI for Drug Discovery)! NVIDIA is at the forefront of the AI and robotics revolution, and NVIDIA’s robotics teams are on a mission to build the essential technology that can enable any company to become a robotics company. The Seattle Robotics Lab is focused on fundamental and applied robotics research across the full robotics stack, including perception, planning, control, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, simulation, world models, and multimodal action models. Over the past 9 years, the lab has published 450+ scientific papers that have been presented at top robotics, AI, and computer vision conferences, with a number of these works leading to a transformative impact on robotics research and NVIDIA’s simulation/robotics products. NVIDIA and Eli Lilly have recently announced a groundbreaking partnership to build a co-innovation AI lab to solve the hardest problems in drug discovery. The Seattle Robotics Lab is leading robotics development for this joint effort, focusing on building physical AI for wet labs with scientists in the loop. We are seeking a senior robotics research engineer to develop fundamental robotics technology and build real-world systems that can bring both automation and autonomy to molecular discovery, manufacturing, testing, and validation. What you will be doing: Using NVI [... source excerpt omitted ...] ur location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until April 12, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, nat
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