Research Manager
Core
Lead research to improve HUD's agent training data and evaluation methods for frontier AI models.
Role type
Senior Research Manager (IC)
Builds
Scalable RL training data infrastructure and evaluation frameworks for frontier labs
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Reinforcement Learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, Reinforcement learning, Research project leadership, Experimental design, Data quality validation, Technical mentoring
Preferred skills
Agent training data expertise, Reward hacking diagnosis, Scalable data pipeline development, Startup experience
Technologies
RL training infrastructure, Evaluation benchmarks, Synthetic data systems
Responsibilities
Set research direction for data quality metrics, Lead research engineers through experiments, Design experiments connecting model behavior to data design, Develop methods for validating training data at scale, Partner with experts to turn insights into workflows, Communicate research findings and tradeoffs
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
