Senior AI Research Engineer (Humanoid Robotics)

TL;DR

Senior AI Research Engineer (Humanoid Robotics): Develop and test next-generation robot foundation models and end-to-end policies for humanoid robots with an accent on imitation learning and reinforcement learning. Focus on designing and deploying robust locomotion, manipulation, and dynamic interaction policies, building scalable RL training and evaluation infrastructure, and enabling sim-to-real transfer through new simulation environments and tasks.

Location: Hybrid (Fremont, CA; Salem, OR; or Pittsburgh, PA). U.S.-based role; applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Salary: $195,000–$304,000 USD

Company

hirify.global deploys commercially operated humanoids for warehouse and manufacturing automation.

What you will do

• Design, train, and deploy robust policies for locomotion, manipulation, and dynamic interactions with the environment.
• Develop core reinforcement learning infrastructure, including scalable training pipelines and evaluation frameworks.
• Design and implement simulation environments and tasks to support training and deployment of control policies.
• Develop and test imitation learning methods.
• Collaborate with robotics software and AI engineering teams to transfer policies into production.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing and deploying learning-from-demonstration.
• Strong programming skills in Python and proficiency with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Experience with modern learning-from-demonstration tools such as DiffusionPolicy.
• Experience collecting robot data, training, and testing on hardware for manipulation tasks.
• Ability to deliver safe, high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.
• MS in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work from Fremont, Salem, or Pittsburgh offices.
• 401(k) plan with 6% company match.
• Equity via company stock options.
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible unlimited PTO for exempt employees (plus company holidays) and paid sick leave for non-exempt employees.
• Relocation assistance for eligible roles; professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.

Hiring process

• Apply directly through the careers page.
• Interviews and evaluation of technical fit for research and deployment work.