23 reinforcement learning engineer jobs at 13 companies in Patterson, CA
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Cupertino, CA, US
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Pony.aiNASDAQ: PONY: Develops autonomous driving technology and operates robotaxi services.
3+ YOEM.S./Ph.D. or equivalent experience; 3+ years building production ML with strong RL experience; depth in deep learning and generative models; distributed training and large-scale data processing; strong communication.
Staff Reinforcement Learning Engineer – Whole Body Control
San Jose, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Figure: Develops autonomous humanoid robots for commercial and residential tasks.
Strong dynamics/control background for legged robots; RL for robotics (PPO, SAC); tune hyperparameters; apply domain randomization and curriculum learning; lead projects and mentor.
Lead AI Infrastructure Engineer, Reinforcement Learning
Santa Clara, California, United States
$179k-$306k/yrHybridFull Time
AMDNASDAQ: AMD: Designs and manufactures computer processors and graphics technology.
Design and operate distributed RL training infrastructure at scale; strong systems experience in ML platforms; proficiency with PyTorch/JAX, NCCL/MPI-style distributed training, C++/Python performance tuning; Bachelor's degree required.
Research Engineer – Reinforcement Learning (RL) Systems & Infrastructure (Seed Infra)
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
Design and build scalable RL systems and infrastructure for large-scale model training; expertise in distributed systems, GPU optimization, Python/C++, and RL workflows.
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs graphics processing units and artificial intelligence hardware.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS (or equivalent), 5+ years relevant experience (including 3 years engineering), strong communication/presentation skills, RL and LLM pipeline experience, and proficiency with PyTorch, JAX, and NeMo-RL.
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related field; 5+ years exp including 3+ in engineering; strong communication; experience presenting to technical audiences; RL pipelines; PyTorch/JAX/NeMo-RL; able to work on training pipelines and demos.
Machine Learning Engineer, E-commerce Recommendation Foundation - USDS
San Jose, California, United States
$137k-$360k/yrOnsiteFull Time
TikTok USDS Joint Venture: Operates and secures TikTok services for U.S. users.
Strong ML and deep learning foundation, proficiency in Python and PyTorch, experience with large-scale recommendation or model training, research mindset for LLMs/multimodal/reinforcement learning.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Develops science and technology for United States national security.
Ability to develop ML and LLM-centric software for HPC and multi-modal sensor data; Python/C++/Java proficiency; familiarity with reinforcement learning, agentic AI, GNNs, MCP; ability to obtain DOE Q clearance; BS required, MS preferred.
Python, C++, JAVA, Flux, SLURM, Large Language Model (LLM), Model-Context-Protocol (MCP)
Staff Robotics Engineer / Tech Lead – Whole-Body Control & Robot Learning
Santa Clara or Mountain View
$215k-$364k/yrOnsiteFull Time
XPengNew York Stock Exchange: XPEV: Designs and manufactures smart electric vehicles and autonomous technology.
5+ YOEPhD or Master's in robotics/engineering; 5+ years in reinforcement learning, robotics, or related areas; strong control, learning, and imitation learning skills; cross-disciplinary communication and leadership experience favored.
Imagry: Mapless autonomous driving software for vehicle manufacturers.
3+ YOEM.Sc. (or equivalent) in a quantitative field, 3+ years algorithm engineering experience, expertise in motion planning/decision making/optimization/Reinforcement Learning or LLM fine-tuning, and proficiency in Python and C++.
Eightfold.ai: AI-native platform for talent management and workforce optimization.
2+ YOEExperience in machine learning, LLMs, agentic AI, reinforcement learning; proficiency with Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes; 2+ years relevant ML experience; strong coding, algorithms, and communication skills.
Senior PMT ES - Reinforcement Learning, SageMaker AI
Bellevue or Santa Clara
$152k-$237k/yrOnsiteFull Time
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS/engineering/math/finance/econ, 5+ years technical product management with internet business experience, experience taking products from conception to market, working with customers and technical teams; RL and large-scale SaaS/PaaS experience preferred.
Applied Researcher I (AI Foundations, Recommendation Systems, Personalization, Reinforcement Learning)
Cambridge or McLean or San Jose or New York
$219k-$272k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
2+ YOEPhD or MS+2 years in CS/EE/AI/math; experience building large deep learning models and LLMs, publications, training/deploying models, strong ML foundation and software engineering skills.
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Provides global edge-to-cloud technology solutions and IT infrastructure services.
PhD in CS/EE or related, extensive research in LLMs and reinforcement learning, strong Python and PyTorch skills, experience with GPU acceleration and ML model optimization, publication and prototyping track record.
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Provides edge-to-cloud IT infrastructure and platform services.
PhD in CS/EE or related with strong ML research background, expertise in LLMs and reinforcement learning, proficiency in PyTorch and Python, GPU/system optimization experience, strong publication record and mentoring ability.