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Research Scientist, Simulation Agents

Waabi· Software – Autonomy & Algorithms
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Hybrid (Remote US & Canada, Dallas, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Pittsburgh, PA, San Francisco, CA, Toronto, ON)$158k - $269kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Waabi seeks a Research Scientist on the Behaviors team to develop realistic simulation agents and scenario generation for Waabi World, collaborating across simulation, autonomy, and safety teams, mentoring researchers, and publishing impactful work.

Responsibilities

  • Own and pursue a research agenda to develop realistic and controllable simulation agents.
  • Advance the state-of-the-art in imitation learning, reinforcement learning, generative models, foundation models, planning and search, and other related areas for simulation agents.
  • Collaborate with our simulation, autonomy, and safety teams to define high-impact research problems, ship solutions into production, and drive progress towards Waabi’s milestones.
  • Mentor junior scientists and interns; foster a culture of scientific rigor and rapid experimentation.
  • Publish high-impact research at top-tier conferences in machine learning or robotics.

Qualifications

  • Masters/PhD in machine learning, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong background in imitation learning and/or reinforcement learning.
  • Publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to machine learning or robotics.
  • Proficiency with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Jax.

Skills

Required:Imitation learningReinforcement learningPyTorch / TensorFlow / Jax
Nice to have:Generative modelsPlanning and search

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and equity awards.
  • Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
  • Unlimited Vacation.
  • Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
  • Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
  • Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Waabi

pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks.

Waabi is pioneering Physical AI, starting with autonomous trucks. We developed a next-generation approach leveraging an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model that’s powered by the industry's most realistic neural simulator. This dramatically reduces the development time and resources needed to bring self-driving vehicles to public roads — safely and at scale.

Autonomous trucksPhysical AIneural simulatorAI modelself-driving vehicles
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