Senior AI Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning
Agility Robotics· Software Engineering
Hybrid (Salem, OR; Pittsburgh, PA; Fremont, CA)$187k - $292kfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Senior AI Software Engineer focusing on reinforcement learning for humanoid robotics (Digit). Develops and deploys RL policies for locomotion, whole-body control, and manipulation, integrating perception for safe, collision-free, real-world robot operation.
Responsibilities
- Design, train, and deploy robust RL policies for locomotion, manipulation, whole body control, and dynamic interactions with the environment.
- Integrate perception into RL policies to achieve obstacle-aware, collision-free motion, and perceptive manipulation.
- Develop and maintain core RL infrastructure, including scalable training pipelines and evaluation frameworks.
- Design and implement new simulation environments and tasks to support training and evaluation of control policies.
- Collaborate with on-robot software and deployment teams to ship production-quality policies to Digit.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of experience developing and deploying RL policies for robotics applications.
- Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with a deep learning framework such as PyTorch.
- Experience designing reward functions, tuning hyperparameters, and implementing exploration strategies to solve complex control tasks.
- Experience with perception-in-the-loop control, integrating real-time sensory inputs for reactive or adaptive behaviors.
- Proven experience deploying reinforcement learning policies on real-world bipedal or quadrupedal robots.
- Familiarity with robot simulation environments (e.g. Mujoco-Warp, Isaac) and sim-to-real transfer.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to deliver safe, high-quality software in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
Required:Reinforcement LearningPythonPyTorchReward Function DesignPerception-in-the-loop ControlRobot Simulation EnvironmentsCollaborative Software Development
Benefits
- 401(k) Plan with 6% company match
- Equity: Company stock options
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees
- Benefits eligible on first day of employment
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible, unlimited PTO (Exempt) or 10 vacation days + paid sick leave for Non-Exempt, plus 12 company holidays including winter shutdown
- Catered lunches four times a week and snacks at Salem and Pittsburgh locations
- Generous paid parental leave programs
- Culture supporting flexible work arrangements
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs
- Relocation assistance for eligible roles
- Annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles
Last updated Aug 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Agility Robotics
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