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Senior Research Scientist- Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $185,000–$185,000🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-26

Core

Conduct research and engineering in core AI and machine learning fields to enable Embodied AI (including computer vision, autonomous planning, open-world learning) for ADAS/AD, industrial automation, and robotics.

Role type

Senior Research Scientist (Vision-Language-Action Models)

Builds

Scalable, intelligent AIoT solutions for automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, and automation.

Domain

Automotive (ADAS/AD), Robotics, Industrial Automation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Computer Vision, Robotic/Automotive Motion and Behavioral Planning, Reinforcement Learning (PPO, DQN, DDPG), Multimodal Transformers, Vision-Language-Action Models, Deep Learning, 3D Scene Understanding, Sensor Calibration, SfM, Voxel/BEV Grid-based Feature Representation

Preferred skills

Real-world product development and deployment of autonomous systems, Multimodal language models, Diffusion models, NeRF, Gaussian splatting, Object detection/segmentation

Technologies

Python, C++, Rust, TensorFlow, Pytorch

Responsibilities

Conduct research and engineering in core AI/ML fields; Push boundaries in end-to-end perception and planning; Collaborate cross-functionally for technology transfer and system integration; Implement research results to solve real-world challenges; Engage with academic and industry communities; Document and disseminate research findings through publications and patents.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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