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Post Doctoral Researcher

Lensa
Brooklyn, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 11/29/2025 CLOSED ON 12/23/2025

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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

EMERGE Lab

The EMERGE lab at NYU (http://emerge-lab.github.io) is seeking to hire a postdoc to work on scaling and deploying end-to-end RL planning agents for autonomous vehicles. Based on prior work on creating high performing self-play RL agents (https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03349) , we are interested in understanding the bottlenecks in augmenting the self-driving stack with RL-based planners. Outputs of this project are intended to be significant empirical advances in the design and deployment of end-to-end planners as well as open-source driving policies that can run on a fleet.

New York University (NYU) is one of the top private universities in the United States. Tandon faculty and students are at the forefront of the high-tech start-up culture in New York City. The NYU Tandon School of Engineering is deeply committed to excellence in teaching and learning and fosters student and faculty innovation and entrepreneurship that make a difference in the world.

Expectations

An Ideal Candidate Will

  • Have a prior track record of publications at standard ML or robotics venues
  • Be excited about building and deploying systems.
  • Work with the PI in mentoring PhD and Master students.
  • Be self-motivated and driven, creative, team-oriented, and able to work efficiently in a multidisciplinary environment.

Salary range

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary for this position is $70,000 depending on the candidate’s experience and qualification.

  • Experience writing C and PyTorch.
  • Training and debugging RL agents.
  • Imitation Learning algorithms for robotics or autonomous vehicles.
  • Prior work combining RL with human data or feedback.
  • A track record of code following good software development practices.
  • Planning algorithms for autonomous systems.

The candidate will be part of the new NYU Center for Robotics and Embodied Intelligence at NYU Tandon School of Engineering in the department of Civil and Urban Engineering Transportation Department.

We specifically seek candidates excited to be part of a new lab. . We welcome applicants from recent PhDs and individuals seeking additional postdoctoral training. Eligible candidates will be required to present eligibility to work in the United States.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a current CV and a list of three references with complete contact information. All application materials should be submitted electronically at ev2237@nyu.edu

Review of applications will begin as soon as possible and will continue until the position is filled.

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NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.

Sustainability Statement

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/sustainability

If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com

Salary : $70,000

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