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Staff R&D AI Engineer

Austin, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2025-07-25 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead development of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, reinforcement learning systems, and multimodal AI integration for real-time edge and cloud applications.

Role type

Staff R&D AI Engineer (Multimodal AI & Robotics)

Builds

Intelligent systems capable of understanding, reasoning, and interacting with complex environments via VLA models and RL.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Robotics, Reinforcement Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Reinforcement learning algorithms (PPO, SAC, TD3), Computer vision (object detection, segmentation, tracking), Large language model fine-tuning, Transformer architectures, Python, Distributed training, MLOps

Preferred skills

PhD in CS/Robotics/AI, VLA model development, RLHF implementation, Sim-to-real transfer, 3D computer vision, Embodied AI, Top-tier conference publications

Technologies

PyTorch, TensorFlow, DeepSpeed, FairScale, Horovod, AWS, GCP, Azure

Responsibilities

Design and develop VLA models integrating vision, language, and action; Architect and implement RL systems for sequential decision-making; Build and optimize computer vision pipelines; Develop and fine-tune LLMs for reasoning and task planning; Implement RLHF systems; Create multimodal training pipelines; Research and prototype novel AI architectures; Optimize model inference for edge and cloud; Mentor junior engineers; Publish research.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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