# Research Scientist, Robotics Research - PhD New College Grad 2026

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Seattle, WA
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA is seeking a Research Scientist to join the Seattle Robotics Lab, a team focused on fundamental and applied robotics research. The successful candidate will develop algorithms, models, and methods for robotic manipulation and loco-manipulation, integrate these methods into real-world robotic systems, and collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to transfer research into NVIDIA products.

Responsibilities:

- Developing algorithms, models, and methods for robotic manipulation and loco-manipulation

- Integrating these methods into real-world robotic manipulation systems

- Contributing to multi-person research projects

- Engaging with the academic community through high-impact publications, conferences, workshops, and code releases

- Collaborating with product managers and engineering teams

- Mentoring interns

Requirements:

- PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

- Strong research track record with publications in top robotics and AI conferences and journals

- Exceptional programming skills in Python, proficiency in modern deep learning frameworks, robotics frameworks, and physics simulation frameworks

- Exceptional communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

- Experience working on teams and comfort working through complexities of simulation and real-world robotics

The Seattle Robotics Lab is located in a brand-new office in the vibrant Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- deep learning frameworks
- robotics frameworks
- physics simulation frameworks
- C++
- CUDA
- Warp

### Nice to have
- bimanual and dexterous manipulation
- mobile manipulation and humanoid loco-manipulation
- multisensory perception
- simulation, sim-to-real, and real-to-sim
- vision-language-action models

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