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Senior AI Research Engineer - (SJ2026NZ)

HQ (190 Tasman)💼 Full-time💰 $195,000–$195,000🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, implement, and evaluate novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms for autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception in advanced air mobility systems.

Role type

Senior AI Research Engineer

Builds

Production-ready AI systems for air taxis and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

Domain

Aerospace, Defense, Autonomous Systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning, deep learning, trajectory prediction, perception, Transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, multi-modal foundation models, diffusion policies, fine-tuning, model distillation, mixture of experts, PyTorch, TensorFlow, debugging AI models

Preferred skills

Prototyping from academic literature, benchmarking techniques in simulated environments, developing scalable research frameworks, transitioning prototypes to production

Technologies

PyTorch, TensorFlow

Responsibilities

Design and evaluate ML/DL algorithms for autonomy and perception; Iterate on predictive and decision-making model development; Collaborate to prototype solutions from academic literature; Conduct experiments to benchmark new techniques; Develop tools for scalable and reproducible research; Assist in transitioning research prototypes into production-ready systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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