Job Description: Research Engineer・Research Scientist (Robotics/Embodied AI)

Key Responsibilities

• Build large-scale foundation models for robotics and the underlying data infrastructure.
• Conduct literature reviews, evaluate existing methods, and write research papers.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong motivation and knowledge in the relevant research areas.
• Deep understanding and experience in robot learning (e.g., imitation learning, reinforcement learning).
• Experience in building robotic systems and programming robots.
• Excellent coding skills (Python is mandatory).
• Experience in collaborative software development using platforms such as GitHub.
• Master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience publishing as the first author in top-tier international robotics conferences and journals (e.g., ICRA, IROS, CoRL, RAL, RSS, TRO, IJRR).
• Experience publishing as the first author in other top-tier international conferences (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, CVPR, ECCV).
• Experience reading, implementing, and reproducing results from cutting-edge research papers.
• Experience working with distributed or parallel computing environments.
• Ability to independently create simple hardware components (e.g., 3D printing robot fingers, using microcontrollers to acquire sensor data).
• A keen interest in building robust software, with research-level experience in static analysis and unit/integration testing.
• Experience in software development with an awareness of computational constraints (CPU core count, RAM, VRAM, storage).
• Ph.D. in computer science or a related field, or equivalent research experience.

Ideal Candidate

• A candidate who shares the mission and is motivated to embrace new business opportunities.

Mission

Research and development of large-scale foundation models for robot control and motion generation.

What We Offer

You will build foundation models for robot motion generation, leveraging one of the largest computing infrastructures in Japan.

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Working Conditions

Working Hours

• Flexible work: Available
• Standard hours: 9:00 AM – 5:45 PM
• Break: 1 hour
• Overtime: Required as needed

Salary and Bonuses

• Monthly Salary: ¥541,667 – ¥1,500,000
• Estimated Annual Salary: ¥6,500,000 – ¥18,000,000
  Note: The upper limit is not guaranteed. Salaries include base pay plus fixed overtime allowance (equivalent to 35 hours). Overtime pay for non-managerial positions is paid additionally if actual overtime exceeds 35 hours. Incentives may be provided separately.

Allowances

• Commuting allowance: Up to ¥150,000 per month
• Non-managerial employees: Eligible for overtime, night shifts, holiday work, and commuting allowances
• Managerial employees: Eligible for management, night shift, and commuting allowances

Holidays and Leave

• Regular holidays: Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday), national holidays
• Year-end and New Year holidays: December 29 – January 3
• Other company-designated holidays
• Annual paid leave: 6–21 days (varies by month of joining)

Benefits

• Social and Health Insurance: Health insurance, employment insurance, workers’ compensation, welfare pension plan
• Employee Support Programs: Benefit One, premium discounts
• Savings and Retirement Plans: Property accumulation savings program, defined contribution pension plan (401K)
• Insurance Programs: Group life insurance, corporate life insurance, group casualty insurance, etc.
• Other Welfare Programs: Comprehensive welfare group term insurance