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
- Arcada is seeking an ML Research Engineer to improve evaluation methods and understanding of AI capabilities. You will design large-scale... ...in evaluating models, statistical analysis, and transforming real-world issues into measurable tasks, supporting efforts across engineering...Suggested
$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$320k
...growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and... ...is to make the entire world safer in this era of... ...work on cyberdefense, robotics, and Project Vend. We... ...applied research with real‑world stakes. Your work... ...and implementing RL environments for training...SuggestedRelocationVisa sponsorship$350k
Research Engineer, RL Infrastructure and Reliability (Knowledge Work) Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable... ...environments and evaluations that make Claude effective at real-world professional workflows—searching, analyzing, and creating...SuggestedVisa sponsorshipShift work- ...Romoya Inc. is an early-stage robotics startup focused on building... ...robotic platforms for real-world applications. Founded by seasoned... ...experience in frontier AI research, robotics engineering, product development, and... ..., offline and online RL, model‑based RL, reward modeling...SuggestedFull timeInternship
$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$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...Full time- 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
- ...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
$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...Work at officeRelocation package$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...Local areaImmediate startFlexible hoursWeekend work- ...“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...
$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$122k - $219.01k
Job Requisition ID # 26WD97951 Research Engineer Autodesk Research -... ...enabled workflows, digital twins, robotics, simulation, sensing, and advanced... ...Center is evolving into a world-class environment for experimentation... ...models, physical processes, real-world data, and intelligent...Full timeFor contractorsWorldwideFlexible hours- ...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
- ...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
$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$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- ...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
- 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
- Perplexity is seeking a Research Engineering Manager to lead the team of all-star... ...-taste experience for the world’s most sophisticated users.... ...alignment techniques, including RL, SFT, and other approaches.... ...and rapidly iterate based on real‑world usage. Manage day‑to‑day...
$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...- ..., 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
- ...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 - $350k
...Machine Learning Research Engineer, Agents - Enterprise GenAI AI is becoming vitally... ...agents in enterprises around the world. The Enterprise ML Research Lab... ...be working on applying our Agent RL Training + Building algorithms to real life enterprise datasets across our...Full time- ...agents learn how to do real work. Why we're excited... ...digital coworkers. Our research team pushes the... .... Our applied research engineers sit side-by-side with customers... ...founders. We've built RL infrastructure at OpenAI... ...systems to real-world problems. You should be...Daily paidWork at officeVisa sponsorshipRelocation package
$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...$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,... ...environment design, data curation, RL training, evaluation, and the infrastructure...Full timeWork at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours
Do you want to receive more vacancies?
Subscribe and receive similar vacancies to Real-World Robotics RL Research Engineer. Be the first to apply!
- robotics engineer intern San Francisco, CA
- robotics engineer San Francisco, CA
- robotics research engineer San Francisco, CA
- control systems engineer San Francisco, CA
- robotic system engineer San Francisco, CA
- software development engineer (robotics engineer) San Francisco, CA
- senior robotics software engineer San Francisco, CA
- senior control systems engineer San Francisco, CA
- senior research engineer San Francisco, CA
- research engineer San Francisco, CA


