ML & RL Engineer for Autonomous Trucks - Equity & Impact

Bot Auto; Houston, San Francisco (TX, CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Paid time off

Performance bonuses

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Bot Auto is seeking an ML/RL Engineer for our Algo team in Houston, Texas. In this innovative role, you will drive development on a unified behavioral architecture incorporating cutting-edge research in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and safety-critical systems, ensuring our autonomous trucks operate with unmatched safety.

The ideal candidate will have experience in deploying deep RL algorithms like PPO and SAC, and expertise in Python and PyTorch. Join us at Bot Auto to work at the forefront of autonomous transportation.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of training and deploying deep RL algorithms for complex robotic or autonomous systems.
• Expertise in Python and PyTorch with a solid grasp of deep learning architectures and optimization techniques.
• Ability to tackle challenges in RL training, such as variance management and distribution shift.

Responsibilities

• Develop and train conditioned policies to simulate realistic driving behaviors.
• Lead research on RL algorithms ensuring safety metrics are primary constraints.
• Collaborate on designing reward functions and metrics for safety and comfort.
• Optimize large-scale training environments for rapid iteration.
• Improve neural architectures for spatial reasoning and planning.
• Integrate models into safety-critical software with other teams.

Skills

Deep RL algorithms (PPO, SAC)

Python

PyTorch

Problem-solving in RL

Education

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or related

Job description

Bot Auto is seeking an ML/RL Engineer for our Algo team in Houston, Texas. In this innovative role, you will drive development on a unified behavioral architecture incorporating cutting-edge research in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning and safety-critical systems, ensuring our autonomous trucks operate with unmatched safety.

The ideal candidate will have experience in deploying deep RL algorithms like PPO and SAC, and expertise in Python and PyTorch. Join us at Bot Auto to work at the forefront of autonomous transportation.