Research Engineer, Post-training & Deployment (Robotics AI)

Location: San Mateo, CA, United States

Base salary: $100,000–$300,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops general-purpose robotic intelligence that adapts to unseen scenarios and supports large-scale robot deployment.

What you will do

• Research, post-train, and evaluate large deep learning models for robotic manipulation.
• Develop frameworks for continuously improving robot behaviors.
• Collaborate with product teams to refine customer requirements for on-site deployments.
• Define scenario setup and data collection methods for customer use cases.
• Maintain deployment readiness and execute full-stack software and hardware deployments at customer sites.
• Build testing and evaluation pipelines to track model improvements and corner cases.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one deep learning library, such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
• Strong knowledge of computer vision and deep learning for robotics, including reinforcement and imitation learning.
• Experience with large-scale model training.
• Experience developing and deploying machine learning models or software on real robots.
• Experience with ROS, ROS2, or another robotics middleware platform.

Nice to have

• Experience working with customers and deploying real-world robotics applications.
• Experience using LLMs to accelerate development and solve complex engineering problems.

Culture & Benefits

• Work spans the transition from laboratory robotics performance to dependable customer deployments.
• Projects focus on safe, efficient, and robust robot behavior under operational constraints.
• Opportunities to work with colleagues ranging from new graduates to domain experts.