Senior AI Research Engineer
Agility Robotics3 months ago
Base Salary
$195k - $304k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, train, and deploy policies for humanoid robot locomotion, manipulation, and dynamic environmental interactions.
- Develop scalable reinforcement learning training pipelines and evaluation frameworks.
- Design and implement simulation environments and tasks for control-policy training and deployment.
- Develop, design, and test imitation learning methods.
- Run experiments on humanoid robot hardware and transfer research methods into production.
- Collaborate with Robotics Software and AI engineering teams on production-ready policies.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience developing and deploying learning-from-demonstration systems.
- Strong Python programming skills and proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
- Experience with learning-from-demonstration tools such as DiffusionPolicy.
- Experience collecting robot data and training and testing manipulation systems on hardware.
- Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- PhD, publications in top machine learning or robotics conferences, and experience with MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, sim-to-real transfer, reinforcement learning, and C++ are preferred.
- Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
Benefits
- Hybrid position based in Salem, Pittsburgh, or Fremont.
- 401(k) plan with a 6% company match.
- Company stock options and annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles.
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Benefits eligibility begins on the first day of employment.
- Employee Assistance Program and paid parental leave.
- Flexible or unlimited PTO for exempt employees, or vacation and paid sick leave for non-exempt employees, plus 12 company holidays and a winter shutdown.
- Catered lunches four times per week and snacks at Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
- Professional development, tuition reimbursement, and relocation assistance for eligible roles.
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About Agility Robotics
Agility Robotics builds and deploys Digit, a bipedal humanoid robot for logistics and manufacturing tasks such as tote handling and material flow in warehouses and distribution centers. The privately held company sells robots, software, and support services to industrial operators integrating automation alongside human workers. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Salem, Oregon, it has commercially deployed systems in real-world facilities.