Senior Model-Based RL Scientist (Remote UK)

Phaidra; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote-first company

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited paid time off

Paid parental leave

Flexible stipends

Company MacBook

Job summary

Phaidra is a fully remote company hiring a Senior AI Research Scientist to advance model-based reinforcement learning for industrial control. You will design and evaluate agents, develop world models, and guide research from concept to production. A PhD and strong Python/PyTorch skills are required, with experience in planning, safe RL, and sim-to-real.

Equity and global collaboration are offered. Remote across regions, with onboarding and opportunities to impact production-scale systems in a

Qualifications

• PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience with strong background in model-based reinforcement learning.
• 2+ years of research experience after PhD or 5+ years after Master’s.
• Extensive research in ModelBased/ModelFree/Safe RL and Control Theory, with depth in model-based methods.
• Hands-on experience building and evaluating agents against simulators and closing the sim-to-real gap.
• Share company values: Collaboration, Transparency, Operational Excellence, Ownership, and Empathy.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evaluate model-based reinforcement learning agents and planning-based controllers for real industrial systems.
• Develop learned dynamics and world models with training pipelines and curriculum learning.
• Research and implement safe/constrained RL and Bayesian RL for safety in deployment.
• Report findings clearly and present results internally and externally.
• Mentor researchers and collaborate with external partners to translate research into production outcomes.
• Independently define new research directions and own development for large projects.

Skills

Model-based RL

Planning algorithms

World models

Reinforcement Learning

Control Theory

Safe RL

Education

PhD in a technical field

Tools

Python

PyTorch

Ray

Kubernetes

GCP

Job description

Phaidra is a fully remote company hiring a Senior AI Research Scientist to advance model-based reinforcement learning for industrial control. You will design and evaluate agents, develop world models, and guide research from concept to production. A PhD and strong Python/PyTorch skills are required, with experience in planning, safe RL, and sim-to-real.

Equity and global collaboration are offered. Remote across regions, with onboarding and opportunities to impact production-scale systems in a