Research / Software Engineer - Humanoid Whole Body Learning
FieldAI· Engineering – Research
Boston, MA$120k - $220kFull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
FieldAI is seeking a Software/Research Engineer to help build learning systems for humanoid robots, spanning whole-body loco-manipulation, reinforcement learning, motion retargeting, and real-world deployment. The role emphasizes turning research and technical developments into reliable capabilities on physical humanoids with close collaboration across perception, learning, simulation, and hardware.
Responsibilities
- Develop and train whole-body loco-manipulation policies for humanoid robots.
- Deploy trained policies to physical humanoids and integrate them into our production software stack.
- Advance our motion retargeting pipeline, transforming human motion into robot-executable behaviors.
- Reduce the sim-to-real gap by improving simulation fidelity and closing the real-to-sim loop using real-world robot data.
- Build automated evaluation and validation systems that accelerate moving policies from simulation to hardware.
- Improve the performance and scalability of our robot-learning infrastructure for faster experimentation and policy iteration.
- Work closely with researchers and engineers across perception, learning, simulation, and hardware to turn ideas into deployed capabilities.
Qualifications
- BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with reinforcement learning, imitation learning, generative models, or other learning-based approaches for robotics.
- Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals (kinematics, dynamics, control, physical interaction).
- Experience developing and evaluating robotic systems in simulation and/or on physical hardware.
- Ability to move between research experimentation and production-quality engineering.
Skills
Required:Reinforcement learningRobotics fundamentalsSimulation and hardware integrationProduction-quality engineering
Nice to have:Motion retargeting
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About FieldAI
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