Humanoid · 22 hours ago
Reinforcement Learning (RL) Engineer, Manipulation
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expHumanoid is the first AI and robotics company in the UK, creating advanced humanoid robots. They are seeking a Reinforcement Learning Engineer to train manipulation policies using reinforcement learning and collaborate on real-world applications.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ManufacturingRobotics
Responsibilities
Train language-vision conditioned manipulation policies via reinforcement learning (RL) in simulation and in the real world
Construct challenging and diverse suites of manipulation tasks in simulation
Partner with teleoperations to collect trajectories in simulation for behavior cloning
Partner with testing and operations to establish real-world RL training pipelines
Experiment with various ways of bringing policies trained in simulation to the real world
Qualification
Required
3+ years building deep‑learning systems (industry or research) with shipped models or published artifacts to show for it
Hands‑on with at least one of: LLMs, VLMs, or image/video generative models — architecture, training, and inference
Experience solving real problems using reinforcement learning with deep neural networks in any domain
Strong Python + PyTorch/JAX; you can profile, debug numerics, and write maintainable research code
You are self-driven, pro-active, communicate efficiently, document experiments clearly and communicate trade‑offs crisply
Preferred
Experience with simulators for robotics (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo etc.)
Experience in RL for robotics
Experience building infrastructure for large-scale RL (e.g. using ray)
Publications at ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS or equivalent open‑source contributions
Familiarity with OpenVLA, Physical Intelligence (π) models, or similar open VLA frameworks
Benefits
Participation in our Stock Option Plan
Paid vacation with adjustments based on your location to comply with local labor laws, and additional paid sick leave days
Travel opportunities to our Vancouver and Boston offices
Office perks: free breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and regular team events
Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives
Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics
Startup culture prioritising speed, transparency, and minimal bureaucracy
Company
Humanoid
Humanoid is the first AI and robotics company in the UK creating the world’s leading, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Artem Sokolov
Founder
Recent News
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