Help us invent the future

Are you passionate about pursuing groundbreaking research to solve today's greatest challenges in robotics?

Do you enjoy working on meaningful interdisciplinary problems?

Do you thrive in a collaborative and creative environment?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

We are seeking a highly motivated roboticist to team with us in taking Intelligent Systems from concept to reality. We are a multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers focused on groundbreaking impacts in the areas of robotics, machine learning, and assured autonomy. As a Robotic Control Researcher, you will support research and development across the broad spectrum of robotics, with applications that strengthen national defense and address other critical challenges facing our nation, from space exploration to climate change.

Do you love to use artificial intelligence (AI) and data analysis to process, analyze, and interpret data?

Are you interested in exploring different complex systems domains such as climate science, earth systems, environmental resilience, materials science, and biology?

If you are studying an AI-related field and interested in working at the intersection of complex systems, we’d love to meet you!

We are seeking creative problem solvers with diverse capabilities and interests, as well as proven initiative, to join our team in taking on technical challenges in complex systems. The Complex Systems Group, within the Intelligent Systems Center (ISC), develops novel AI methods to transform climate intelligence and earth systems research, as well as accelerate scientific discovery and design for materials, protein engineering, and other physical and biological systems.

As a researcher in our group, your primary responsibility will be contributing to and leading AI projects for complex systems. As a member of our research team, you will contribute to projects in a variety of ways, such as designing, training, and developing machine learning (ML) algorithms, collecting and preparing data, evaluating models, and programming. You will establish collaborations with complex system domain experts and seek opportunities to propose your ideas for internal or external funding. You will also establish working relationships with our Program Managers to identify opportunities to grow our work in key areas. You will publish your research in impactful venues and engage with the external research community, external collaborators, and sponsors.

Do you love to use artificial intelligence (AI) and data analysis to process, analyze, and interpret data?

Are you interested in exploring different complex systems domains such as climate science, earth systems, environmental resilience, materials science, and biology? 

If you are studying an AI-related field and interested in working at the intersection of complex systems, we’d love to meet you!

We are seeking creative problem solvers with diverse capabilities and interests, as well as proven initiative, to join our team in taking on technical challenges in complex systems. The Complex Systems Group, within the Intelligent Systems Center (ISC), develops novel AI methods to transform climate intelligence and earth systems research, as well as accelerate scientific discovery and design for materials, protein engineering, and other physical and biological systems.

As a member of our research team, you will contribute to projects in a variety of ways, such as designing, training, and developing machine learning (ML) algorithms, collecting and preparing data, evaluating models, and programming. We are committed to developing exceptional talent and fostering a culture of innovation, and as part of our group you will have the chance to grow both within AI and data science, as well as in the complex systems we study.

Are you an expert in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), or computer vision?

Are you excited by how these rapidly-evolving technologies are transforming the fields of remote sensing and Earth observation?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL!

We are seeking a Senior AI Researcher in Remote Sensing Applications to join the Complex Systems Group in the Research & Exploratory Development Department. Come help us invent the future of intelligent systems and solve real-world problems of national importance! We strive to foster an environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds and professional experience as we make advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

We want someone who is highly skilled and motivated to lead and support research projects to strengthen the intelligence gained from multimodal data, including images from Earth-observing satellites. We are particularly interested in improving our sponsors’ understanding of climate change, its effect on national and international security, and how it will impact the livelihood of current and future generations.

Are you passionate about designing systems or algorithms using what we know about the mind and brain?

Do you want to help invent the future of how people interact with intelligent systems?

If you are graduating with a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cognitive Science, Mathematics or a related subject area, we'd love to have you join our team!

We are seeking a researcher to contribute to and lead pioneering work in neural interfaces, neurally-inspired AI and/or human-machine teaming. We are a large multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists engaged in groundbreaking research in applied neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and robotics. We are looking for a motivated and collaborative teammate to support research and development of intelligent systems as a strategic advantage for the nation.

Are you passionate about pursuing groundbreaking research to solve today’s greatest challenges in robotics?

Do you enjoy working on meaningful interdisciplinary problems?

Do you thrive in a collaborative and creative environment?

If so, we're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.

If you are graduating with a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, we'd love to have you join our team!  The Robotics Group in the Research and Exploratory Development Department is an interdisciplinary team of researchers that is inventing the future across the broad spectrum of robotics, with applications that strengthen national defense, improve healthcare, advance space exploration, and address critical challenges facing the nation. 

We are seeking a highly skilled, highly motivated scientist or engineer to join us in taking intelligent robotic systems from concept to reality. We are a multidisciplinary team focused on groundbreaking impacts in the areas of robotics control, machine learning, human-robot and robot-robot teaming, assured autonomy, and novel robot design. Our team is committed to excellence in research that has real-world impact. Successful members of our team tend to be creative problem solvers who are comfortable working at the edge of their comfort zone. We strive to foster an environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds and professional experience as we aim to solve the hardest problems in robotics. 

As a member of our team, your primary responsibility will be defining and developing new robotic systems and algorithmic solutions to address relevant challenges. Current research areas include robot trajectory planning, robot perception, reinforcement learning, adaptive control, enhanced mobility, novel robotic systems, human-machine and machine-machine teaming, dexterous manipulation, and safe and assured autonomy behaviors. Depending on your expertise, you will write code, develop algorithms, implement machine learning techniques, design and fabricate hardware, integrate systems, and support field tests.  You will have the opportunity to publish your work, and present the results of your efforts to the scientific community, external collaborators, and/or government sponsors.  APL also has opportunities for staff at all experience levels to propose and work on their own research.

Are you an early-career expert in artificial intelligence (AI)?

Are you interested in developing new interdisciplinary research collaborations?

Do you want to make an impact on national security, public health, or space exploration?

The AI Group in the Intelligent Systems Center (ISC) is inventing the future of AI for JHU/APL and the nation. We are currently looking for new researchers with ideas for pioneering work in multimodal perception, autonomous decision-making, AI safety and assurance, large language models, or human-machine teaming. If you are a recent PhD graduate in an AI-related field, we want to meet you!

As a researcher in our group, your primary responsibility will be contributing to and leading fundamental research in AI/ML and applying your ideas to real-world problems. You will begin by writing code, analyzing data, and running experiments in support of current projects. Within your first year, you will get many opportunities to propose your own ideas for internal seedling funding. Within the first five years, we expect you to work with our Program Managers to grow these seedlings into externally-funded projects. Along the way, you will continue to publish your work and present your vision to the scientific community, external collaborators, and/or government sponsors.

Our team is committed to excellence in research with real-world mission intent. Successful researchers tend to be creative problem solvers who have lots of initiative. Our culture welcomes a diversity of backgrounds and professional experience as we aim to solve hard, interdisciplinary problems.

Do you enjoy leading interdisciplinary research teams that are analyzing large-scale neuroscience datasets?

We are seeking a Senior Connectomics Researcher to contribute to and lead analysis of large-scale structural and functional neuroscience datasets to improve our understanding of function and pathology in the nervous system. We are a large collaborative and multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists engaged in groundbreaking research for the nation spanning neuroengineering, artificial intelligence, robotics, and complex systems.