Helix AI Engineer, Robot Learning

About the role

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human level intelligence. Its robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

We are looking for a Helix AI Engineer, Robot Learning with a strong robotics learning background to help develop and improve our visuomotor manipulation policies , with a heavy emphasis on real-robot deployment .

Responsibilities

Design, train, evaluate, and deploy learning-based visuomotor policies for humanoid robot manipulation

Develop manipulation behaviors such as grasping, pick-and-place, object reorientation, door opening, bimanual manipulation, and basic assembly

Apply and extend techniques including behavior cloning, reinforcement learning, and VLA reasoning

Train models that are robust to real-world challenges such as sensor noise, partial observability, contact dynamics, and environment variability

Own the full pipeline from data collection on real robots to model training, evaluation, and deployment

Work closely with simulation and digital twin tooling where useful, while prioritizing real-world performance and transfer

Collaborate with perception, controls, systems, and hardware teams to integrate policies into a full autonomy stack

Evaluate tradeoffs between learning-based and classical approaches and make principled design decisions

Write high-quality, well-tested software that ships to and runs reliably on physical humanoid robots

Partner with integration and testing teams to continuously improve robustness, performance, and deployment velocity

Requirements

Hands-on experience developing and deploying robot learning systems on real robots

Strong background in robot manipulation and visuomotor control

Experience with behavior cloning, reinforcement learning , or related learning-based manipulation methods

Proficiency in Python and/or C++ for robotics and ML systems

Experience with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch)

Ability to design experiments, analyze failures, and iterate quickly in real-world robotic systems

Solid understanding of the tradeoffs between classical robotics approaches and learning-based methods

Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where solutions require exploration and ownership

Bonus Qualifications

Experience deploying learning-based manipulation systems in commercial or production robotic systems

Prior work on humanoids or highly dexterous robotic platforms

Publication record in robot learning, manipulation, or embodied AI

Experience leading projects or mentoring other engineers

Passion for building autonomous humanoid robots that operate in the real world

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $200,000 - $400,000.

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.