Anduril Industries
defense technology
SeniorManipulationEngineer(ImitationLearning)
“Senior Manipulation Engineer (Imitation Learning) at Anduril Industries. Skills: learned manipulation policies, robotic platforms, unstructured environments, behavior cloning, imitation learning, visuomotor manipulation policies, teleoperation data collection, policy training, real-world evaluation, iteration. Design, train, evaluate, and deploy visuomotor manipulation policies using behavior cloning and imitation learning (ACT, Diffusion Policy, VLA models). Build and maintain the teleoperation”
What You'll Achieve.
transform U. S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology; bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years; incubating and maturing high-potential, software-defined, AI-native offerings that meet the toughest, newest challenges across hardware, software, space, and cyber domains; delivering scalable hardware solutions that meet some of the most urgent national security needs; redefine mission success
Industry & Context.
Eligible to obtain and maintain a U. S. security clearance
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of experience developing and deploying robot learning systems on real robots, background in robot manipulation and visuomotor control, Experience with behavior cloning, imitation learning, or related methods, Hands-on experience with teleoperation systems and demonstration data collection, Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, and modern deep learning frameworks, Experience with LeRobot, ACT, Diffusion Policy, or similar IL frameworks, Eligible to obtain and maintain a U. S. security clearance
Nice to Have
Experience deploying learned manipulation in production or commercial robotic systems, Experience with dexterous hands or multi-fingered grippers, Prior work on bimanual manipulation, Publications in manipulation, robot learning, or embodied AI
What You'll Do.
and deploy visuomotor manipulation policies using behavior cloning and imitation learning (ACT
Build and maintain the teleoperation and data collection pipeline for real-robot demonstration capture
Develop task-specific skill policies for grasping
bimanual manipulation
and assembly operations
Own the full pipeline from data collection to model training
and deployment on embedded compute
Collaborate with locomotion engineers to integrate manipulation skills into a whole-body control architecture
Work with perception engineers to design vision inputs for skill policies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with locomotion engineers to integrate manipulation skills into a whole-body control architecture; Work with perception engineers to design vision inputs for skill policies; working hand-in-hand with elite teams in Perception, AI, Motion Planning, Hardware, Test Engineering, Space, Networking, and Vehicle hardware
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