Research Engineer (Robotics)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA or San Mateo, CA (Onsite)

Salary: $100,000 - $300,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is building the world's first general-purpose robotic intelligence designed to adapt to unseen scenarios through data-driven machine learning.

What you will do

• Develop and implement new algorithms for training and optimizing general-purpose robot foundation models.
• Design and engineer systems to scale research from prototypes to fully deployable solutions.
• Conduct cutting-edge research across perception, robotics, reinforcement learning, and imitation learning.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to integrate research insights into practical robotics applications.
• Optimize machine learning models for real-world robotic systems.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX).
• Strong track record of publishing papers or deploying real-world applications.
• Deep technical knowledge in deep learning, reinforcement/imitation learning, robotics, or computer vision.
• Experience working with robot systems and large-scale model training.