1.75 Research Engineer -Robot Safety

Pittsburgh, PA
Area 1: ML, AI, Autonomy /
Full time /
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1.75 Research Engineer (Robot Safety)

  • 1. Describe a method you’ve used to evaluate robotic system safety in unstructured or out-of-distribution environments. What metrics did you use?
  • 2. How have you used simulation to test failure scenarios in robotics (e.g., sensor dropout or actuation delay)? What tools or frameworks did you employ?
  • 3. What experience do you have with developing or optimizing data pipelines for large-scale robotics experiments using parallel computing (e.g., with PyTorch and GPUs)?
  • 4. Can you give an example of a research project you’ve published related to robot safety or embodied intelligence? What was your primary contribution?
  • 5. What tools or strategies have you used to help transition a research prototype into a reliable, real-world field deployment?

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