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AI Researcher - Reinforcement Learning

San Carlos, CA💼 Full-time💰 $200,000–$300,000🗓 2026-06-17 → 2026-07-31

Core

Developing and deploying reinforcement learning policies to teach humanoid robots manipulation and locomotion tasks for safe home operation.

Role type

Senior IC reinforcement learning engineer (robotics)

Builds

RL policies for manipulation and locomotion that run reliably on physical humanoid robots in real-world home environments

Domain

Robotics, AI, Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C++, PyTorch, domain randomization, reward shaping, sim-to-real transfer, PPO, SAC, TD-MPC, large codebase management, build tools (Bazel)

Preferred skills

model-based RL, world-model-guided policy learning, imitation learning, learning from demonstration, legged locomotion, dexterous manipulation, contact-rich control

Technologies

Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, PyTorch

Responsibilities

Train RL policies in simulation for manipulation and locomotion, close the sim-to-real gap, build training and evaluation infrastructure, partner with hardware and controls teams to ship skills to production

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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