RL Engineer – Robotic Grasping & Manipulation (Sim-to-Real)

Persona AI, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Performance-based bonus

Employer-covered medical benefits

Early-stage equity

Paid winter break

Job summary

Persona AI, Inc. in Houston is seeking a Reinforcement Learning Engineer to enhance dexterous grasping for humanoid robots. This role involves training and testing RL policies using high-DOF robotic hands. Ideal candidates possess expertise in reinforcement learning and a background in robotics, computer science, or machine learning.

We offer competitive compensation, extensive benefits, and the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of robotics technology. Join us to shape the future of robot-human interaction.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in reinforcement learning for robotic manipulation.
• Ability to adapt recent research ideas to practical applications.
• Experience in training RL agents for complex tasks.

Responsibilities

• Train RL policies for grasping tasks and simulate experiments.
• Develop reward functions and monitor state-of-the-art research.
• Collaborate with the software team to deploy grasping systems.

Skills

Reinforcement Learning

Robotic Manipulation

Python

Deep Learning Frameworks (PyTorch, JAX)

Sim-to-Real Transfer

Reward Shaping

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning

Tools

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

rsl_rl

skrl

Job description

Persona AI, Inc. in Houston is seeking a Reinforcement Learning Engineer to enhance dexterous grasping for humanoid robots. This role involves training and testing RL policies using high-DOF robotic hands. Ideal candidates possess expertise in reinforcement learning and a background in robotics, computer science, or machine learning.

We offer competitive compensation, extensive benefits, and the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of robotics technology. Join us to shape the future of robot-human interaction.