AI Research Engineer III

Agility Robotics•Pittsburgh, PA

3d•$166,000 - $260,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Agility Robotics’ AI innovation team builds and deploys next-generation robot foundation models and end-to-end policies for humanoid robots. The AI Research Engineer will develop and test imitation-learning and reinforcement-learning methods to help humanoid robots perform real-world tasks. The role involves conducting experiments on humanoid hardware and researching and implementing methods that can transfer into production. This is a hybrid position based out of Agility’s Salem, Pittsburgh, or Fremont offices. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience developing and deploying learning-from-demonstration methods.
Strong programming skills in Python.
Proficiency with deep-learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
Experience with modern learning-from-demonstration tools such as DiffusionPolicy.
Experience with robot data collection, training, and hardware testing for manipulation tasks.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment and deliver safe, high-quality software.
Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Current authorization to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Publications in leading machine-learning or robotics conferences, such as NeurIPS, ICML, CoRL, RSS, or ICRA.
Familiarity with robot simulation environments such as Mujoco or Isaac Sim, and sim-to-real transfer techniques.
Experience with modern reinforcement-learning techniques for locomotion, manipulation, and whole-body control.
Experience writing performant, high-quality software in C++.

Responsibilities

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, design, and test imitation-learning methods.
Collaborate with Robotics Software and AI engineering teams to develop policies that can be transferred to production.
Run experiments on humanoid robots and test methods on hardware.

Benefits

401(k) plan with a 6% company match.
Company stock options.
Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short- and long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefits eligibility beginning on the first day of employment.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, for exempt employees.
For non-exempt employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
Catered lunches four times a week and healthy snacks and refreshments at Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Paid parental leave programs.
Flexible work arrangements.
Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation assistance for eligible roles.
Annual discretionary bonus for eligible roles.