Volunteer Research Staff Job at PathOnAI.org, Millbrae, CA

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  • PathOnAI.org
  • Millbrae, CA

Job Description

About

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is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, open-source AI research organization focused on advancing Open-Source Robotics and AI Agent Technology. Our mission is to

 democratize state-of-the-art AI methods, making them more accessible and easier to implement.

 Recent highlights:

 - Winner, SF LeRobot Robotics Hackathon 2025

 - 6 peer-reviewed papers accepted at top venues: KDD GenAIRecP '24, CIKM '24, '25, NAACL '25, ECML-PKDD '25, and MTI-LLM @ NeurIPS 2025

 - Website:

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About the Role

 We are recruiting Volunteer Research Staff to join our dexterous manipulation research effort. You will collaborate with our team on cutting-edge research with a

clear deliverable: publish a paper at a top-tier venue and/or release an impactful open-source repository.

What you'll work on:

 - Research and development in dexterous manipulation (grasping, in-hand manipulation, tactile sensing, learning-based control, sim-to-real)

 - Designing experiments, running benchmarks, and analyzing results

 - Contributing to open-source code, datasets, and documentation

 - Co-authoring academic papers and technical blog posts

  Who we're looking for:

 - Background in robotics, machine learning, computer vision, or a related field (students, early-career researchers, and experienced engineers all welcome)

 - Hands-on experience with at least one of: PyTorch, ROS/ROS2, MuJoCo, Isaac Sim/Gym, IsaacLab, robot learning frameworks

 - Familiarity with robot arms, grippers, or dexterous hands is a plus

 - Self-driven, xywuqvp collaborative, and excited to ship research in the open

- Able to commit ~10+ hours per week

What you'll gain:

 - Authorship on publications and open-source releases

 - Mentorship from a team with a track record at top AI/ML venues

 - Access to real robot hardware and simulation infrastructure

- A strong network in the open-source robotics + AI agent community

Job Tags

10 hours per week

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