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[Apply on Meta Platforms’s careers site →](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1832390484751700/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Meta Platforms](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/) / Research Scientist Intern, Humanoid Control & Dexterous Manipulation (PhD) ## Job description Meta Reality Labs Research is a team of researchers and engineers pushing the frontier of AI, robotics, and AR/VR technology. Within RL Research, our team is building the next generation of full body loco-manipulation and dexterous hands control policies. We are seeking a Research Scientist Intern to help take novel ideas all the way from inception to real hardware. Interns in this role may work across the full robotics stack: data collection and processing, algorithm development and model training, and eventually running the algorithm on real robots. It involves working with research scientists and engineers together as a team, fast prototyping and rapid iterations of ideas, and debugging algorithms on real hardware. Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year. ## Responsibilities Independently design, develop, and analyze novel research ideas related to robotic simulation and control, with a focus on loco-manipulation and dexterous manipulation. Deploy, test, and debug algorithms on real robots for sim-to-real transfer. Collaborate with other researchers and engineers across multiple disciplines. Communication of research agenda, progress and results to a diverse audience regularly. Publish research results at top conferences and release code that contributes to the field of robotics. ## Qualifications Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in robotics, computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, or a related STEM field Experience with physics-based character animation, reinforcement learning and imitation learning, human motion synthesis and retargeting, forward and inverse kinematics and dynamics, numerical optimization Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration - 1+ years of experience with any of Python/pytorch or C/C++, and developing interactive graphics applications - Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment Intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op - 2+ years experience with physical-base character animation and simulation and imitation learning - Proven track record of achieving results as demonstrated in accepted papers at top conference and journal venues such as RSS, ICRA, IROS, CoRL, SIGGRAPH/Asia/TOG, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML etc Experience in contributing to open-source projects Experience in sim-to-real transfer and deploying simulated policies onto real robot hardware Experience with perception algorithms such as SLAM and pose estimation Experience working with tactile sensors ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Nov 3, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Nov 8, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 8, 2026 - Listed for: 5 days - Location: Redmond, Washington, US - Employment type: Internship or early career[Apply on Meta Platforms’s careers site →](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1832390484751700/) ## Hiring at Meta Platforms - Open jobs: 1,340 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Jul 11, 2026 [All Meta Platforms jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Meta Platforms ### [Research Scientist Intern, Interactive Physics Simulation for Robotics (PhD)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/3437c941a76f250698c7/) Redmond, Washington, US ### [Research Scientist Intern, Robotic Control Policy (PhD)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/b679cb1935b7e23f1863/) Redmond, Washington, US ### [Software Engineer, Core OS Capabilities](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/05ea0b8e6b24940f4c99/) Redmond, Washington, US ### [Research Scientist Intern, Integrity (Trust and Safety) AI (PhD)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/cbd49803e8e5354a5181/) Bellevue, WA +1 more ### [Research Scientist Intern, Language and Agents (PhD)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/4592186e279ddc83b700/) Bellevue, WA +1 more ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Senior Software Engineer, Humanoid Robotics](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/8603225cffa614d74a9e/) NVIDIA · US, CA, Santa Clara ### [Research Intern - Security Research Group, Microsoft Research Redmond](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/e20a289b1da2cb10c995/) Microsoft · United States, Washington, Redmond ### [Research Intern - MSR Systems Research Group - Redmond](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/8a7a7953e319650ae84a/) Microsoft · United States, Washington, Redmond ### [Global Research - Industry & Policy Thematics Research - Vice President](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/0a6f9a78cadb033bbcff/) JPMorganChase · New York, NY, United States ### [Senior Research Scientist - Bioanalytical LCMS Research and Development](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/e9e321eedbccee5ebefa/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Richmond, Virginia, United States of America [Jobs in Redmond, WA](/locations/us/wa/redmond/)[Jobs in Washington](/locations/us-wa/)[Research & Science jobs](/functions/research-science/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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