# Senior Reinforcement Learning Engineer - Robotics

XPENG is a leading smart technology company at the forefront of innovation, integrating advanced AI and autonomous driving technologies into its vehicles, including electric vehicles (EVs), electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and robotics. With a strong focus on intelligent mobility, XPENG is dedicated to reshaping the future of transportation through cutting-edge R&D in AI, machine learning, and smart connectivity. Job Responsibilities: Research, implement, and evaluate deep-learning-based methods for legged locomotion and whole-body control problems in humanoid robots. Develop and refine end-to-end robot motion controllers using reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or other advanced techniques. Design, execute, and analyze experiments to evaluate RL controllers and address sim-to-real challenges. Stay updated and integrate the latest advancements in academic and engineering research for humanoid robotics. Minimum Requirements: Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field. Open to fresh graduates. Proficiency in Python and strong software design skills. 1-3+ years of experience with deep learning framew

- **Id**: 800322
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xpengmotors-senior-reinforcement-learning-engineer-robotics>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Clara, United States, Mountain View, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-29T20:57:29Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-07-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T22:47:52Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 108
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2692
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Autonomous Driving, Automotive Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 686006
- **Name**: XPeng
- **Domain**: xpengmotors.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xpengmotors>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.429
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 74
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 174720
- **Max**: 295680
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 295680

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Imitation Learning** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **PPO** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Sim-to-Real** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 108

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T07:26:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 30
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.671
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 107
- **Expected fill days**: 74
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 295680
- **Is top pay**: yes

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