Real-World Robotics RL Research Engineer
Pantograph
Pantograph is looking for research engineers to build robots that learn through exploration in the real world. Ideal candidates will have strong foundations in reinforcement learning and experience working with large GPU clusters, Kubernetes, and complex distributed systems. We value both formal credentials and practical experience, including open-source contributions and personal projects. This position requires working in person in San Francisco. #J-18808-Ljbffr Pantograph
$100k - $120k
Coda Robotics is developing infrastructure to power the next generation of robotic foundation... ...is scarce and expensive to collect. World models pose a promosing avenue to... .... Responsibilities Lead a team of researchers and engineers. Develop more efficient ways to generate...Suggested$350k
...a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders... ...evaluations that make Claude effective at real‑world professional workflows — searching,... ...scale. Experience building or operating RL environments, agent harnesses, or LLM...SuggestedVisa sponsorshipShift work$250k - $300k
...Bots, we're revolutionizing real-world automation by making robotic systems accessible to... ...ll work closely with our engineering team to design, implement... ...robotics Have experience with RL (reinforcement learning)... ...in implementing ML research papers and adapting academic...SuggestedFull time$180k - $220k
...Nimble is an AI robotics company building the... ...first robot in the world capable of performing... ...of the world's best engineers and operators. If... ...for an AI Robotics Research Engineer to help us... ..., multi-agent deep RL policies and more... ...Experience working with real robotic hardware...SuggestedLocal areaImmediate startFlexible hoursWeekend work$310k
...About the Team The RL and Reasoning team drives the core reasoning... ...of reinforcement learning research, building next-generation generative... ...About the Role As a Research Engineer/Research Scientist at OpenAI,... ...to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an...SuggestedWork at officeRelocation package$150k
...role At Frontier AI & Robotics, we're not just advancing... ...that work in complex, real‑world scenarios. What sets... ...of ambitious research vision and practical impact... ...tech lead, or leading an engineering team. Expertise in... ...model optimization or RL framework development....InternshipLocal area- ...Archive Human Archive is a research lab backed by Y Combinator focused... ...Today, our data is used for robotics and world modeling, but the broader... ...Opportunity As a Research Engineer, you’ll work on multimodal sensing... ...quickly and iterate from real-world robotics deployments...Shift work
- ...modeling company in San Francisco is seeking a Research Engineer to lead pre-training and post-training of action-conditioned world models. You will design and implement... ...partners, contributing directly to publications and real-world applications of generative AI and...Work at office
- About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general‑... ...level intelligence in dynamic, real‑world settings. Working across the... ...SLAM / Multi‑View Geometry Engineer on the Robotics team, you... ...enjoys working closely with AI researchers and engineers. This role is...Work at officeRelocation package
- ...About Zipline Zipline is the world's largest and most... ...problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth... ...our technology that includes robotics and autonomy, we are decarbonizing... ...needs and work with our internal engineering and business teams to refine...For contractorsWork at officeLocal area
$150k - $250k
Robotics Research Engineer About Us We are reimagining manufacturing through advanced robotics. Our mission is to rebuild the American manufacturing... ...models for assembly tasks Benchmark and evaluate real-world performance Controls + Learning Fuse traditional control...Full timeContract workWork at office- ...“control plane” for the physical world. We are starting with protecting... ...ultimately become the perception engine for a company’s physical footprint, enabling real-time perimeter visibility, autonomous... ...world of physical AI and robotics. We are a small, fast growing team...
- ...Physical AI system — humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles,... ...it. Our open‑source engine, Daft, is the... ...Perplexity. We've assembled a world‑class team from AWS, Render... .... Your Role As a Research Engineer on the Visual... ...these models at scale on real video and sensor data,...Hourly payWork at officeFlexible hoursNight shift1 day per week
$295k
OpenAI in San Francisco is searching for a Research Engineer specializing in Speech & Realtime Models. In this role, you will design and implement advanced machine learning models that address real-world challenges and create AI-powered products. The ideal candidate holds...- ...A technology-driven AI company in San Francisco is hiring a Research Engineer for its Cybersecurity RL team. This role involves advancing AI capabilities in secure coding and vulnerability remediation by blending research with engineering tasks. Candidates should have...Flexible hours
- Research Engineer, Virtual Collaborator at Anthropic - San Francisco, CA | New... ...targeted training on real organizational data and workflows... ...pragmatic approach to solving real‑world problems Are comfortable... ...preventing reward hacking in RL systems Translating product...Work at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours
- ...team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies... ...About the Role As a Research Engineer at Mercor, you’ll work at the... ...tool use, agentic behavior, and real-world reasoning. You’ll design and... ...generation, rubric design, or RL‑style workflows that use...Work at office
$180k - $270k
Research Engineer (Focused on RL) You'll bring reinforcement learning to Firecrawl's core product — building... ...RL approaches. You're fluent in both worlds. You understand PPO, RLHF, reward... ...benchmarks. You've deployed models that serve real traffic and you've made hard...Full timeTemporary workRemote work$160k - $240k
Research Engineer — Evals Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) OR Remote (Americas... ...datasets that cover the real distribution of what our... ...Close the loop with models and RL. Evals here aren't a reporting... ...You've worked with messy, real-world data before. You understand...Full timeTemporary workWork at officeRemote work- .... We see exactly where research meets production and where... ...in Sequences in real time. This is the most... ...rewards. Offline-to-online RL on multi-touch trajectories... ...elite and competitive engineering minds. Translate... ...systems; RL applied to real-world agent behavior;...Relocation
- ...the first AI software engineer, and Windsurf, an AI-native... ...and talent-dense: world-class competitive programmers... ..., former founders, and researchers from the frontier of AI... ...hold up at our largest RL training scales.... ...together; prototypes reach real deployment quickly You...
$250k - $300k
...powers breakthrough AI models at leading research labs and enterprises. Since 2018, we've been... ...tuning (SFT) and reinforcement learning (RL) methodologies. Implement and adapt... ...solutions that can be practically applied in real-world scenarios. We foster an environment of...Work at officeFlexible hours2 days per week- ..., California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI... ...and reinforcement learning (RL) environments that power post... ...Environments for Software Engineering / coding agents UI-Environments... ...and models even better at real-world coding tasks across the...For contractorsFlexible hours
$200k
A technology company in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer for their RL Research & Environments team. The role focuses on designing and improving data and evaluation systems to enhance model capabilities. Candidates should have a strong software engineering background...$225k - $400k
...A pioneering AI research firm is seeking a Founding Machine Learning Research Engineer in San Francisco to develop innovative AI systems for real-time voice agents. This high-impact role requires a strong ML research background and proficiency in PyTorch. Responsibilities...- ...Research Systems Engineer As a research systems engineer, you'll train frontier-scale models and develop... ...at scale, explore cutting-edge RL techniques, and build the tools that let... ...novel research and complex systems to real-world problems. Our team genuinely enjoys working...Visa sponsorshipRelocation package
- ...AI Research Engineer (Robot Learning) San Francisco AI & Software In office Full-time... ...bring a new level of AI embodiment to the real world. As an AI Research Engineer (Robot... ...and ROS2 experience Experience with RL fine-tuning of generative models Experience...Full timeWork at officeImmediate start
$155k - $269k
...leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking... ...and efficient simulation. As a Research Engineer in the World Models team, you... ...model deployment in robotics. Qualifications: -... ...efficiency, and robustness for real-world applications. - Team...Full timeWork at officeWork from homeFlexible hours$264.8k - $331k
...Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agent Post-training - Enterprise... ...agents in enterprises around the world. The Enterprise ML... ...build out our next-gen Agent RL training platform. You'll build... ...state of the art results on real enterprise use-cases. You'...Full time- ...Physical AI for the built world - starting with autonomous robots for Interior Construction.... ...on Jetson AGX Orin. Every research project will have a deployment... ...metrics that predict real-world finishing quality before... ...of: imitation learning, RL, vision-language models,...
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