Research Scientist (Research)

The role

Research Scientists will create technology for next-generation physical AI, focusing on end-to-end autonomous driving and robotic generalists. You will conduct research on reinforcement learning and collaborate with engineering teams to deploy algorithms into autonomy and robotics products.

What you will do

• Conduct research on reinforcement learning topics including large-scale self-play RL, VLA post-training, and large-scale closed-loop RL.
• Dive into fundamental topics on RL and reward learning.
• Work with other Research Scientists and interns on research publications for top-tier conferences.
• Collaborate with Research Engineers and engineering teams to test and deploy algorithms to autonomy and robotics products.

Required qualifications

• Strong research record in RL and VLA post-training for autonomous systems and robotics.
• Publications in top-tier conferences or journals in computer vision, machine learning, and robotics.
• MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications or closely-related fields.
• 1+ year of research experience in autonomy, self-driving, or related field.
• Strong research skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Technical experience in Python.
• Technical experience in Pytorch.
• Technical experience in computer vision.
• Technical experience in robotics systems.
• Technical experience in distributed machine learning model training.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience in self-play RL and imitation learning, behavior learning
• Hands-on experience in VLA post-training for autonomy or robotics
• Hands-on experience in large-scale closed-loop RL in driving simulation
• Hands-on experience in large-scale RL training infrastructure (Ray preferred)

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
• 401k retirement benefits with employer match
• Learning and wellness stipends
• Paid time off

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.