Freelance AI Engineer – Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models

Overview

We are seeking a freelance AI engineer with expertise in Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for a fixed tabletop humanoid robot featuring two robotic arms, each with a five-finger dexterous hand, and a head-mounted RGB-D camera.

Responsibilities

- Develop, fine-tune, and evaluate VLA models for tabletop manipulation.

- Build perception pipelines using the head-mounted camera.

- Implement coordinated bimanual manipulation for grasping, pick-and-place, assembly, sorting, and tool use.

- Integrate vision, language, and action into an end-to-end robotic system.

- Optimize models for reliable, real-time performance.

- Document code, experiments, and deployment.

Required Qualifications

- Proven experience with VLA models for robotics.

- Solid proficiency in Python and PyTorch.





- Experience with robotic manipulation, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or diffusion-based policies.

- Familiarity with ROS2 and simulation platforms Isaac Sim and RViz.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with models such as OpenVLA, RT-2, Octo, Pi0, or NVIDIA GR00T.

- Experience with bimanual manipulation and humanoid robotic hands.

- Familiarity with model optimization and deployment on robotic hardware.

Deliverables

- End-to-end VLA pipeline for tabletop manipulation.

- Training and evaluation scripts.

- Deployment-ready code with documentation.

Pay: ₹150,000.00 - ₹300,000.00 per year

Work Location: Remote

📌 AI Engineer (India)
🏢 Emagesoft Private
📍 India