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DeepRoute.ai

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Research Scientist, Reinforcement Learning

Develop and deploy reinforcement learning policies for autonomous driving systems in closed-loop, safety-critical environments. Optimize reward functions and leverage large-scale simulation to improve vehicle safety, comfort, and robustness.

Fremont, California, United StatesonsiteFULL_TIME

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About the role

What will you do at DeepRoute.ai?

We are building next-generation end-to-end autonomous driving systems powered by reinforcement learning.

You will work on applying RL in closed-loop, safety-critical environments, leveraging large-scale simulation and real-world driving data to improve safety, comfort, and robustness.

Train and deploy RL policies in closed-loop driving environments

Scale RL training using massively parallel simulation systems

Design and optimize reward functions for complex driving behaviors

Improve sim-to-real transfer for real-world robustness

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate models into production systems

Core Technical Skills

Proficiency in modern RL algorithms: DQN, PPO, SAC, TD3, etc.

Proficiency in modern RLHF algorithms: PPO, DPO, GRPO, etc.

Hands-on experience training reward models and finetuning LLM/VLM/VLA

Knowledge of distributed RL training at scale

Proficiency with massively parallel simulation environments

Knowledge of sim-to-real transfer techniques and domain randomization

Proficiency in Python, comfortable with C++

Proficiency in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch

Experience with distributed training frameworks (Ray, Horovod, etc.)

Knowledge of model optimization (quantization, pruning) and CUDA is a plus

Knowledge of traffic rules, driving behavior modeling

Preferred Qualifications

  • Publications in top-tier venues (ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, IROS, etc.)
  • Open-source contributions to RL libraries or autonomous driving projects
  • Previous experience with LLM fine-tuning using RLHF
  • Knowledge of safe RL, interpretable AI, or robustness techniques
  • Familiarity with autonomous vehicle regulations and safety standards

Which skills does this role require?

Reinforcement LearningPyTorchPythonC++Distributed TrainingSim-to-Real TransferReward ModelingCUDARayHorovodDQNPPOSACTD3DPOGRPOVLMVLASim-to-RealDomain RandomizationModel OptimizationQuantizationPruningMachine LearningLLMs

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