Research Associate II - Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute is searching for a Research Associate to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. We are seeking creative and upbeat Research Associate that will Under general supervision, designs experiments and research protocols. Performs complex analysis to report results. Responsibilities: Collects, verifies and manages data. Performs data analysis in order to produce reports. Documents and processes results. Develops quantitative models. Contributes to overall project planning and acts as lead to coordinate portions of a large project or study. Ensures project deadlines are met. Contribute to open-source release of ARISTOS codebase, assist in preparing research publications, and support development of evaluation benchmarks for trainee competence assessment. Design and execute evaluation benchmarks for the ARISTOS prototype system, including metrics for trainee competence assessment, system accuracy on drone repair tasks, and generalization to unseen devices and failure modes. Develop few-shot multimodal reasoning and generative video models for the ARISTOS reskilling platform, including building pipelines for contextualized step-by-step instructional video synthesis for physical task training. Leverage spatial information, part segmentation, 3D reconstruction, and tactile inputs to physically ground vision-language model (VLM) agents, enabling them to reason about object pose, part affordances, and manipulation dynamics for mechatronic device diagnosis and repair. Maintains administrative records. Tracks and adheres to established budgets. May program software in support of job functions. With some supervision, designs experiments and research protocols. Writes and edits recommendations and reports. Other duties as assigned. Requirements: Bachelor's Degree Strong Analytical Skills Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills Strong Problem-Solving and Reasoning Skills 3-5 Years of Research Experience 3-5 years of data collection and analysis experience 3-5 Years of Research Lab Experience 3-5 Years of Research Methodology Experience Training: OSHA Hazardous Materials Safety Training Are you interested in this exciting opportunity?! Apply today Joining the CMU team opens the door to an array of exceptional benefits. Benefits eligible ( employees enjoy a wide array of benefits including comprehensive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance ( as well as a generous retirement savings program ( with employer contributions. Unlock your potential with tuition benefits ( , take well-deserved breaks with ample paid time off ( and observed holidays ( , and rest easy with life and accidental death and disability insurance. 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