Staff AI Research Engineer
Core
Designing and deploying cutting-edge AI and deep learning algorithms for an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to advance sustainable air mobility.
Role type
Staff AI Research Engineer (Aerospace)
Builds
Production-ready AI systems for aircraft control and operations
Domain
Aerospace engineering + Machine Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning, Transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, multi-modal foundation models, diffusion policies, model distillation, mixture of experts, PyTorch, TensorFlow, data strategy, model evaluation, research prototyping
Preferred skills
Reinforcement learning, self-supervised training, imitation learning, Vision Language Action (VLA) models, production AI deployment, top-tier conference publications
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow
Responsibilities
Design and implement novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms; iterate on AI model development from data to deployment; collaborate on prototyping complex solutions from academic literature; conduct experiments to benchmark new techniques; develop tools for scalable and reproducible research; transition research prototypes into production-ready systems
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact
