Lead RL & Simulation Scientist for Robotic Learning

Mecka AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mecka AI is seeking a Research Scientist, RL & Simulation in New York who will lead the RL and simulation engine to convert large-scale human demonstrations into scalable signals for robot learning.

Key responsibilities include building simulation environments, policy training, and evaluation metrics. Ideal candidates should have an MSc or PhD in robotics, hands-on experience in robot simulation, and proficiency in Python.

This role offers ownership and rapid iteration connected to real-world datasets.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in robotics, ML, or equivalent research experience.
• Experience with robot simulation and policy learning.
• Proficiency in Python and solid engineering discipline.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain simulation environments for robotics learning.
• Convert human demonstrations into robot-executable trajectories.
• Train policies from demonstrations using imitation learning and RL.
• Drive transfer using domain randomization and contact modeling.

Skills

Robot simulation

Policy learning

Python

Machine Learning

Education

MSc/PhD in robotics, ML, or related field

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

PPO

SAC

Job description

Mecka AI is seeking a Research Scientist, RL & Simulation in New York who will lead the RL and simulation engine to convert large-scale human demonstrations into scalable signals for robot learning.

Key responsibilities include building simulation environments, policy training, and evaluation metrics. Ideal candidates should have an MSc or PhD in robotics, hands-on experience in robot simulation, and proficiency in Python.

This role offers ownership and rapid iteration connected to real-world datasets.