Autonomy Research Scientist – RL & Robotics

Applied Intuition Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 423,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking multiple Research Scientists to advance cutting-edge RL and autonomous robotics research. You will work on end-to-end autonomy challenges and contribute to publications.

You will collaborate with a team of researchers and engineers to test algorithms in simulation and real systems, publishing results at top conferences and shaping practical applications for self-driving cars and robotics.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications or closely-related fields.
• Strong research record in RL and VLA post-training for autonomous systems and robotics.
• Proficient in Python, PyTorch, computer vision and distributed ML model training.

Responsibilities

• Conduct RL research on large-scale self-play RL and related topics.
• Explore reward learning concepts and imitation learning approaches.
• Publish research findings in top-tier conferences and journals.
• Collaborate with engineers to test and deploy algorithms in autonomy products.

Skills

RL research

Publication history

Python

PyTorch

Computer vision

Robotics systems

Distributed ML

Education

MSc/PhD in ML CV autonomous robotics

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking multiple Research Scientists to advance cutting-edge RL and autonomous robotics research. You will work on end-to-end autonomy challenges and contribute to publications.

You will collaborate with a team of researchers and engineers to test algorithms in simulation and real systems, publishing results at top conferences and shaping practical applications for self-driving cars and robotics.