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AI Research Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

United States, Palo Alto 180000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 14, 2026
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As a Research Engineer focused on Reinforcement Learning, you will be responsible for teaching NEO new capabilities through RL algorithms. You’ll work across both simulation and real-world environments to build robust behaviors and deploy them into homes. This role will be instrumental in making our robots safer, more capable, and increasingly versatile.

Job Responsibility

  • Own the full stack of engineering tasks, from data engineering and model architecture to product deployment
  • Train NEO on a variety of manipulation and locomotion tasks
  • Collaborate with hardware teams to bridge the sim-to-real gap for policies trained in simulation
  • Partner with controls, QA, and data collection teams to ship RL policies to production
  • Deploy reinforcement learning-trained skills into real-world home environments

Requirements

  • Strong programming experience in Python and/or C++ with familiarity using build tools such as Bazel
  • Proficiency with PyTorch
  • Hands-on experience with simulation platforms like Isaac Sim or MuJoCo
  • Experience training reinforcement learning policies, especially for manipulation or locomotion
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, control, data, and QA teams
  • Demonstrated experience addressing the sim-to-real gap

What we offer

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Equity
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