Research Intern, Robotics — NVIDIA Research

Overview

• NVIDIA Research is seeking research interns in Singapore to advance fundamental and applied robotics research, with a particular focus on agentic robotics.
• We are interested in exploring how AI agents can autonomously develop, refine, and generalize robotic capabilities by integrating reasoning, programming, experimentation, and feedback within the full robot systems stack.
• Our research spans robot learning, planning, simulation, perception, and control, with an emphasis on building intelligent systems that can generalize over tasks, environments, and embodiments.
• We are looking for interns with strong research and engineering skills, intellectual curiosity, and a collaborative mindset.
• You will have the opportunity to formulate and pursue ambitious research questions, develop novel algorithms and systems, and validate your ideas through rigorous experimentation.
• Research projects will be aligned with your expertise and the team's priorities, with opportunities to contribute to scientific publications and practical robotic systems.
• What you will be doing * Conduct research on novel models, algorithms, and systems for agentic robotics.
• Investigate how AI agents can autonomously develop, evaluate, and improve robotic programs and capabilities.
• Explore research directions at the intersection of foundation models, robot learning, planning, and programming.
• Develop and evaluate methods for robotic skill acquisition, adaptation, and generalization.
• Design and conduct experiments in simulation and, where appropriate, on physical robots.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers across robotics and AI, and communicate research outcomes through publications, demonstrations, open-source contributions, and presentation.
• What we need to see * Currently pursuing a PhD in robotics, artificial intelligence, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Strong technical foundation in robotics, AI, or related areas, with an interest in real-world robotic systems.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research, evidenced by publications, impactful projects, or substantial research contributions.
• Strong programming skills and experience in developing research software.
• Ability to formulate research questions, implement novel methods, and rigorously evaluate experimental results.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Ways to stand out from the crowd * Research experience in AI coding agents, robotics, foundation models, or program synthesis.
• Expertise in one or more areas such as robot learning, planning, simulation, perception, control, ..
• Familiarity with robotics and simulation platforms such as ROS 2, Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, or MuJoCo.
• Experience implementing and validating methods on real robotic systems.
• Publications at leading robotics conferences and journals, such as RSS, CoRL, ICRA, IROS, T-RO, IJRR, or RA-L.
• Join NVIDIA Research to explore how AI agents can transform robotics research and industry.