Lead Embodied AI Engineer (R&D Lab)

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LG’s Emerging Technology Team

LG Emerging Technology team is the catalyst for technological innovation within LG’s CTO organization. Located in Silicon Valley, we drive excellence across CTO organizations and business units by pioneering in select emerging technology areas. As the Center of Excellence (CoE), we define and shape key technology domains, setting strategic directions that foster impactful internal and external partnerships to deliver measurable business value.

 

Our Emerging Technology team is looking for an experienced Lead Embodied AI Engineer, located in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. This is a hybrid position.

 

The Lead Embodied AI Engineer will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to the research and development of robotic foundation models, task generalization, embodied AI, physical intelligence AI, and physics simulation. Your contribution will have a significant impact on our research projects and product roadmaps.

 

What You’ll Do:

• Technically lead the Embodied AI team to define and conduct advanced research on robotic foundation models and physical intelligence
• Lead and manage collaborations with HQ and 3rd-party research labs for technical integration of robotics products into LG ecosystems
• Grow and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders (AI teams, Robotics teams, SW teams) and 3rd-party research teams to develop innovative Embodied AI systems and platforms
• Invent and improve paradigms for embodied intelligence, including digital agents, physics simulation, and self-supervised methods by leveraging a variety of modalities (images, video, text, audio, tactile, etc.)
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables to ensure alignment with business objectives
• Perform fundamental and applied research to push the scientific and technological frontiers of embodied artificial intelligence and physical intelligence

 

Education and Skills We’d Like You To Have:

• PhD degree in CS/Robotics/EE or equivalent education and experience
• 3+ years of industry experience in robotic foundation models, perception, planning, control systems, etc.
• Strong research experience in robotic foundation models or related field
• Solid understanding of recent development trends in robotic foundation model, vision-language-action models, perception models, imitation learning, etc.
• Strong familiarity with policy learning methods (e.g., reward shaping and curriculum learning) and physics platforms (e.g., Genesis, Omniverse/Cosmos)
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in Agile methodologies
• Excellent verbal and writing skills to effectively represent the derived results and technical significance of developed methods
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively manage cross-functional teams

 

What We Can Offer You:

• Culture for Growth | Top Notch Employee Health & Well Being Benefits | Every Voice Matters | Global Reach 

 

Compensation: In addition to the base salary range listed below, this role also includes a performance-based incentive bonus plan.

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Recruiting Range$133,000—$196,000 USD

Benefits Offered Full-Time Employees:

• No-cost employee premiums for you and your eligible dependents for competitive medical, dental, vision and prescription benefits.
• Auto enrollment with immediate vesting of competitive company matching contributions in a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with several investment options.
• Generous Paid Time Off program that includes company holidays and a combined bank of paid sick and vacation time.  
• Performance based Short-Term Incentives (varies by role).
• Access to confidential mental health resources to help you and your loved ones improve your quality of life. Personal fitness goal incentives.
• Family orientated benefits such as paid parental leave and support for families raising children with learning, social, behavioral challenges, or developmental disabilities.
• Group Rate Life and Disability Insurance.

Benefits Offered Temporary/Contractors:  

• Eligible for the relevant benefit programs offered through our partner agencies.

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