Robotics ML Engineer (Simulation and Robot Learning)
Noble Machines, Inc · Sunnyvale, CA
Posted about 2 months ago · $170,000 - $400,000 · Previously reposted
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 71 days Noble Machines, Inc's roles stay open a median of 63 days
- Reposted
- Yes taken down and listed again at least once
- Salary listed
- Yes 75% of Noble Machines, Inc's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Noble Machines, Inc
- high 9 stale, 2 reposted of 12 open
- Hiring momentum
- 15 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-22
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Noble Machines, Inc's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Noble Machines, Inc.
About this role
As a Robotics ML Engineer at Noble Machines, you will focus on solving the sim-to-real challenge by enhancing simulation environments and training pipelines to improve the performance of robots in real-world applications. Your responsibilities will include building and maintaining simulation environments, training various policies, analyzing failures, and integrating learned policies with robotic systems. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability and effectiveness of robotic solutions in industrial settings.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Noble Machines, Inc as an employer.
What you need
- Demonstrated ability to improve sim-to-real transfer by changing the simulation, data-generation process, or training distribution
- Hands-on experience training or adapting VLA policies, WAMs, or other visuomotor policies
- Experience building simulation environments or demonstration-generation pipelines for robot learning
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills
- Practical understanding of robot kinematics, coordinate frames, camera calibration, and control interfaces
- A PhD, MS, or equivalent hands-on experience in robotics, machine learning, computer science, or a related field
Nice to have
- Substantial ownership of a robot-learning pipeline across data, training, evaluation, and hardware deployment
- Experience with DAgger, intervention-based data collection, offline RL, online RL, or RL fine-tuning of pretrained robot policies
- Experience with bimanual manipulation, mobile manipulation, humanoid task execution, or contact-rich tasks
- Experience with distributed training, high-throughput simulation and rendering, or inference optimization on embedded and edge GPUs
What you get
- Base salary range of $170,000 - $400,000
- Bonus
- Equity options
- Comprehensive healthcare benefits
- Retirement plan contributions
- Performance-based incentives
Worth weighing
- The role involves a significant amount of hands-on work with both simulation and real robots, which may require a diverse skill set and adaptability.
- The salary range is quite broad, indicating potential variability based on individual qualifications and experience.
- The job emphasizes ownership and measurable results, which may require a strong track record in previous roles.
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Listed by Noble Machines, Inc on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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