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Helix AI Engineer, Reinforcement Learning

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. Our goal is to build embodied AI systems that can perceive, reason, and act in the real world. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA, and this role re

Company

Figure

Location

San Jose, CA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-04-09T15:19:20+00:00

Figure, an AI robotics company in San Jose, builds humanoid robots; its Helix team develops the AI systems behind their autonomy. This role develops reinforcement learning systems so robots learn skills through interaction and experience, spanning simulation and real hardware: designing RL algorithms, training policies, reward modeling, exploration, robustness, and scalable distributed training and evaluation. Requirements include RL fundamentals, Python and PyTorch, large-scale experimentation, and strong software engineering. The posting lists a $200,000–$400,000 base range and five days a week in office.