Visiting Scholar

Description

Position : Visiting ScholarLocation : Kitchener, Ontario

Job Type : 1-3 Year Contract. Sabbaticals welcome.Experience : 5+ Years of Relevant ExperienceEducation : in Computer Science, Engineer, or Equivalent

About OTTO Motors by Rockwell Automation

OTTO Motors is a global leader in autonomous technology for material handling inside manufacturing and warehouse facilities. With over five million hours of production experience, OTTO autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are trusted in mission-critical operations for some of the world’s most recognized brands. OTTO Motors was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Robotics Companies of 2023. For more information, visit .

OTTO was acquired by Rockwell Automation in 2023. Rockwell is a global industrial automation and digital transformation technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

About the job

As OTTO’s first ‘Visiting Scholar’, you will help us explore how we can accelerate and scale up not only our own R&D efforts, but also the R&D efforts of the field in general. You will be responsible for working with our existing team as well as the global robotics community – both academia and open-source. You are a well published expert in one or more fields of navigation, planning, perception, mapping, deep learning, reinforcement learning, or generative AI. You are very experienced with R&D which is theory-heavy but has practical applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to conduct R&D, transition it to products used in the real world every single day, and publish within a very short timeline. If you have a passion for seeing your theoretical work make a difference in the real world, we encourage you to apply.

Your primary responsibilities will be :

• Conducting direct R&D in your area of interest
• Technical collaboration with and mentorship of R&D contributors
• Working as ‘internal PI’ with academic institutions, including technology transfer, dataset development and sharing, and joint publications
• Ensuring that OTTO Motors is well represented as a technology leader in your area of interest, including patents, publications, open-source contributions, and public presentations
• Understandingand communicating of technologies and developments in your area of interest which may be applicable to autonomous mobile robotics, including past work and future trends

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