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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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