Reinforcement Learning Engineer – Whole Body Control
Reinforcement Learning Engineer – Whole Body Control at Figure — San Jose, CA, US
- Company: Figure
- Location: San Jose, CA, US
- Employment type: Full-time
- Salary: $150,000–$350,000 a year
- Posted: 2026-04-08
About this role
Figure is an AI Robotics company autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. We are based in North San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It’s time to build.
We are looking for a Reinforcement Learning Engineer to develop, train, deploy, and evaluate advanced reinforcement learning algorithms for whole body control of our humanoid robot.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, train, and deploy reinforcement learning algorithms for whole body control
- Determine the observations, actions, and model types that unlock maximum performance
- Identify and close the most important sim-to-real gaps
- Define, test, and evaluate performance metrics for learned policies
- Harden the control stack to ensure rock solid robustness
Requirements:
- Strong background in dynamics and control, ideally of legged robots
- Experience with reinforcement learning algorithms for robotics: PPO, SAC, etc
- Experience tuning hyperparameters and cost functions for these RL algorithms
- Familiarity with common RL techniques such as: domain randomization, curriculum learning, reward shaping, etc.
- Capable of leading complex controls projects and mentoring junior engineers
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience with behavior cloning techniques (e.g. distillation)
The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $150,000 and $350,000 annually.
The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.
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