CareerPlan

Applied AI Scientist, Simulation & Reinforcement Learning

EMEARemoteFull-time£70k–£120k2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10
RemoteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Own and develop a discrete-event simulator (SimPy) to validate and train reinforcement learning policies for robot orchestration in warehouse operations.

Role type

Senior Applied AI Scientist (Simulation & Reinforcement Learning)

Builds

A trustworthy simulation environment for RL-driven robot orchestration frameworks

Domain

Robotics, Logistics, Warehouse Operations, Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Discrete-event simulation (SimPy), Reinforcement Learning, Python, Experimental design, Statistical analysis, Robotics domain knowledge

Preferred skills

Publications in top AI/ML venues, Multi-agent systems, Optimization (Optuna)

Technologies

SimPy, Gymnasium/Gym, Optuna, Python

Responsibilities

Own and develop the SimPy-based discrete-event simulator; Reduce the sim-to-real gap using real site data; Design, train, and evaluate RL policies; Build experiment infrastructure for automated runs; Prototype and productionize learning-based components.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC