# Founding Research Engineer, Robot Learning at True Talent Solutions Partners - Company: True Talent Solutions Partners - Status: Open - Workplace: On-site - Location: San Francisco - Level: Mid-level - Discipline: AI & ML - Employment: Full-time - Posted: 2026-11-05 - Skills: robot learning, policy training, synthetic data - Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/true-talent-solutions-partners/a1344263-7df4-4ac5-96bd-c2b093e814a7 ## Description ABOUT THE ROLE As the first robot learning hire, you will bring policy training and evaluation in-house at a physical AI data and simulation company. Working with research, engineering, and product teams, you will establish whether synthetic training data improves robot performance and turn findings into product requirements. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Train robot policies using synthetic data, including VLA fine-tuning, imitation learning, diffusion policies, or reinforcement learning in simulation. - Establish baselines on public evaluation suites and run controlled comparisons to measure the impact of training data on manipulation and grasping. - Document results honestly, including unsuccessful experiments, and use evaluation findings to guide subsequent data and simulation changes. - Translate experimental findings into written specifications for data generation, fidelity, and variation. - Publish and demonstrate results to the robotics community and participate in customer technical discussions. - Help build and lead the robotics team as it grows. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 6 years of hands-on robot learning experience, including work in industry and a university research lab. - A master's or doctoral degree in robotics, machine learning, or a related field. - Experience training and evaluating robot policies in simulation with Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, or equivalent tools. - Practical experience with policy learning methods such as VLA fine-tuning, imitation learning, diffusion policies, ACT, behavior cloning, or reinforcement learning. - More True Talent Solutions Partners roles: https://deviantjobs.com/companies/true-talent-solutions-partners