Research Scientist: Scene Understanding for Autonomous Mobility - Honda Research Institute USA

Research Scientist: Scene Understanding for Autonomous Mobility

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Research Scientist: Scene Understanding for Autonomous Mobility

Job Number: P25F08
​Honda Research Institute USA (HRI-US) is seeking a highly motivated Research Scientist to contribute scene understanding technologies for autonomous mobility. A successful candidate will focus on the research and development of scene understanding and perception algorithms and will have experience with one or more of the following: social cue recognition, semantic segmentation, action recognition, and SLAM. The ideal candidate combines strong research capabilities with practical experience deploying models in real-world systems.
Mountain View, CA

 

Key Responsibilities

 
  • Research on cutting-edge scene understanding algorithms using multimodal sensor data (e.g., camera, LiDAR).
  • Develop and implement machine learning and deep learning models for behavior and intent prediction, social interation understanding and important agent identification.
  • Design and implement deep learning algorithms to represent semantic information as quantitative information and vice versa.
  • Publish scholarly articles to top-tier conferences and journals in robotics, computer vision, and machine learning.
  • Ability to analyze existing perception software stack and implement improvements on physical systems.
  • Collaborate with a dynamic team of researchers and engineers to integrate the algorithms with motion planning and controls.

 

Minimum Qualifications

 
  • PhD in computer science, robotics, or a related field
  • 2+ years of experience with machine learning and deep learning
  • Experience with frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
  • Strong programming skills in Python or C++
  • Experience with training, testing and fine tuning machine learning algorithms
  • Experience with quantization, distillation, and other methods for improving runtime

 

Bonus Qualifications

  • ​Experience with LLMs and Foundation models
  • Experience in autonomous driving, robotics, or intelligent systems
  • Familiarity with ROS and traffic simulators (e.g., Carla, Carmaker)
  • Experience with developing end-to-end systems
  • Experience with deploying models on a physical (robotic) platform
  • Experience with optimization solvers

 

Desired Start Date  November 2026
Position Keywords  Perception/Scene understanding, Action recognition, SLAM

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