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Senior Algorithm Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

Houston, TX or San Francisco Bay Area +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026

Location
Houston, TX or San Francisco Bay Area
Houston, Texas, United States
Education
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related quantitative field.

About the job

Develop reinforcement-learning policies and training systems for autonomous trucks, including simulated driving agents and safety-constrained behavior models.

What you'll do

  • Train conditioned policies to simulate driving behaviors and validate the autonomous-driving stack.
  • Develop RL algorithms that prioritize safety constraints and collaborate on reward functions and evaluation metrics.
  • Improve multi-agent training pipelines and neural architectures, and integrate models with Simulation and Planning teams.

What they ask for

  • Proven experience training and deploying deep RL algorithms for real-world robotic or autonomous systems.
  • Expertise in Python and PyTorch, with knowledge of deep learning architectures and optimization.
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related quantitative field.
  • Ability to diagnose RL training challenges, including variance management and distribution shift.

Nice to have

  • Experience with constrained optimization or safety-critical learning frameworks.
  • MARL experience, or familiarity with vehicle dynamics and behavior planning for long-haul highways.

Tools

Python, PyTorch, PPO, SAC

AI focus

Develops and trains deep reinforcement-learning and multi-agent policies for autonomous driving, simulation, and safety-critical behavior.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)