Research Engineer
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What You'll Do
Research and develop high-reliability manipulation policies built for fast deployment and iteration
Operate in a fast data flywheel across multiple modalities
Deep debug failure modes in transformer and diffusion policies deployed in the field
Optimize policies for real-time (~10 Hz) inference on edge hardware
What You Bring
Experience deploying robot policies on hardware (model-based, RL, or imitation learning)
Sim-to-real or real robot data experience
Experience with multimodal inputs: vision, depth, force/torque, proprioception
Edge inference optimization with TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, or TVM
CUDA kernel optimization
Bonus: publications at CoRL, RSS, ICRA, NeurIPS, or similar
Bias toward action: train fast, deploy early, learn from failure
Values
Pace of learning trumps everything.
Relentless refinement of our craft.
Low ego, high ownership.
All-in on the mission. We work in person, and this isn't a 9-to-5.
About Kovari
Venture-backed robotics company building general-purpose hospitality robots for hotels and other physical businesses.
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