CareerPlan

Staff AI Research Engineer

New YorkFull-time$250k–$300k2026-11-07
No visa sponsorship

Core

Develop and optimize AI models and training systems for robotic automation, applying deep ML expertise to autonomous vehicle and robotics applications.

Role type

Staff AI Research Engineer (Robotics/Autonomous Systems)

Builds

Large-scale AI models, training pipelines, and evaluation frameworks for robotic systems

Domain

Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

ML planning, diffusion models, autoregressive models, reinforcement learning, model debugging, performance optimization, transfer learning, fine-tuning, PyTorch, Python, NodeJS/Typescript, Docker

Preferred skills

Experience implementing ML research papers, adapting academic work, training inference pipelines from camera input to trajectory output

Technologies

PyTorch, Python, NodeJS, Typescript, Docker

Responsibilities

Design and implement state-of-the-art ML models and training pipelines; Develop efficient data and training strategies; Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking; Lead rapid experimentation and prototyping of new model architectures; Analyze model behavior and failure modes; Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact