CareerPlan

Applied Research Scientist, Agents

San Francisco, CAFull-time2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building and deploying autonomous agents and agentic workflows for industrial manufacturing using AI and computer vision.

Role type

Applied Research Scientist, Agents

Builds

Real, deployed agents and harnesses for customer use

Domain

Manufacturing / Industrial AI / Computer Vision

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

LLMs, VLMs, vision transformers, Python, algorithms, data analysis, model benchmarking, fine-tuning, post-training, evaluation design

Preferred skills

Design/manufacturing/hardware experience, 2D/3D data perception, advanced degree in ML/optimization

Technologies

LLMs, VLMs, vision transformers, Python

Responsibilities

Benchmark local LLMs, VLMs, and perception encoders; Fine-tune and post-train models on domain-specific data; Develop evaluations to predict real-world agent performance; Partner with product and engineering to improve agents and workflows