Research Scientist: Hierarchical RL Agents is open at Astera in Emeryville HQ (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $150K - $300K. Posted on Feb 25, 2026, and still on Astera’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 15, 2026.
About the role
, you will not be chasing incremental gains on standard benchmarks. Instead, you will be tasked with developing the foundational principles of Artificial General Intelligence. We believe that understanding the "code of the brain" is the most viable path to building truly intelligent machines, and we are looking for scientists who can bridge the gap between biological intelligence, computational theory, and building…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Astera’s careers page.
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