Reinforcement Learning Engineer - Manipulation
Here at Humanoid, we believe in a future where robots amplify human potential. That’s why we’ve set out on a mission to build the world’s most capable, commercially-scalable, and safe humanoid robots. We’re bringing that mission to life with HMND‑01 Alpha - our rapidly developed humanoid platform now running in real industrial pilots - and we’re growing the team to take it even further.
About the Role
We're hiring a Reinforcement Learning Engineer to join our Autonomy team based in London. In this role you will leverage reinforcement learning in both simulation and physical reality to build highly performant and robust manipulation policies.
What You'll Do
Train language-vision conditioned manipulation policies via reinforcement learning (RL) in simulation and in the real world.
Construct challenging and diverse suites of manipulation tasks in simulation.
Partner with teleoperations to collect trajectories in simulation for behavior cloning.
Partner with testing and operations to establish real-world RL training pipelines.
Experiment with various ways of bringing policies trained in simulation to the real world.
What We're Looking For
3+ years building deep‑learning systems (industry or research) with shipped models or published artifacts to show for it.
Hands‑on with at least one of: LLMs, VLMs, or image/video generative models — architecture, training, and inference.
Experience solving real problems using reinforcement learning with deep neural networks in any domain.
Strong Python + PyTorch/JAX; you can profile, debug numerics, and write maintainable research code.
You are self-driven, pro-active, communicate efficiently, document experiments clearly and communicate trade‑offs crisply.
Nice to have
Experience with simulators for robotics (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo etc.)
Experience in RL for robotics.
Experience building infrastructure for large-scale RL (e.g. using ray).
Publications at ICLR/ICML/NeurIPS or equivalent open‑source contributions.
Familiarity with OpenVLA, Physical Intelligence (π) models, or similar open VLA frameworks.
What We Offer
Competitive equity: stock options with meaningful upside as we scale.
30+ paid days off, including 23 days of annual leave, all UK bank holidays, and additional company closure days (including Christmas–New Year shutdown).
Private healthcare, including virtual and in-person care.
Pension scheme with 8% total contribution (5% employee, 3% employer) on full earnings.
Free daily breakfast, catered lunch, and snacks in-office.
Work at the frontier - collaborate daily with world-class engineers, researchers, and product experts building the next generation of AI and humanoid robotics.
Real ownership - direct access to founding leadership, meaningful input on product direction, and the ability to drive key initiatives from day one.
Recommended Jobs
Head of Information Governance
Job Title: Head of Information Governance Location: London/Hybrid (Typically 2/3 days in the office) Type: Full time – Permanent (If you are a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or an…
New Real Estate Tax Opportunity - PE Backed Firm
An ambitious, Private Equity backed advisory firm is seeking a Real Estate Tax Specialist to join its high-performing team who can be based out of any of their office locations across the UK. With si…
Private/Lifestyle PA to UHNWI
We are recruiting a Private PA for a young UHNW Principal who has recently relocated from the US to London to complete their Masters. This is a unique opportunity to support someone with a busy lifes…
Principal EDA Engineer
About The Role and Team The IC Team is responsible for the design and test of the integrated circuits which operate at deep-cryogenic temperatures and interact with the qubits. This role is a uniq…
Senior Product Designer (FTC) (Hiring Immediately)
At AKQA (part of WPP), we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. We work at the intersection of design, technology and culture to …
PMO Analyst (SC cleared) (IT)
At CGI, you'll help deliver projects that make a real difference across secure government environments. As a PMO Analyst, you'll play a key role in supporting the successful delivery of complex progra…
Part-time Housekeeper Cook, Job ID J214BBR
A part-time Housekeeper Cook is required by this fantastic family based in Hampstead, London, to help them maintain the cleanliness of their property. An ideal candidate will be someone organised and…
Finance Management Accountant
Job Category :Financial (Kingston & Richmond) Client Location : 42 York Street, (Kingston & Richmond) Hours Per Week :36.00 Start Date : Immediate Start Start Time :09:00 End Time : 17:00 …
Producer
Who We Are Untold Fable is a global content production company challenging the way things are done to change them for the better. It’s not an easy road, but we’re not here for that. We’re here to ma…