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AI Research Engineer

New York City, NY💼 Full-time💰 $225,000–$225,000🗓 2026-01-24 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop and optimize AI models and training systems for robotic automation, applying deep ML expertise to solve customer problems in physical spaces.

Role type

Senior AI Research Engineer (Robotics/ML)

Builds

Large-scale AI models, training pipelines, and efficient experimentation systems for robotics applications.

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, research paper implementation

Preferred skills

Experience with training/inference infra pipelines (camera input to trajectory output), RL, modern ML architectures

Technologies

PyTorch, Python, NodeJS/Typescript, Docker

Responsibilities

Design and implement state-of-the-art ML models and training pipelines; Apply novel ML techniques to robotics applications; Develop efficient data and training strategies; Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking; Lead model development and iteration with focus on rapid experimentation and prototyping; Build robust evaluation and debugging systems to analyze model behavior and failure modes; Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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