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Staff AI Research Engineer

New York City💼 Full-time💰 $250,000–$250,000🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, implement, and optimize large-scale AI models and training systems for robotics applications, specifically focusing on ML planning and autonomous navigation.

Role type

Staff AI Research Engineer (Robotics/ML Planning)

Builds

AI models and training pipelines for robotic systems

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 adapting academic work to production, building interpretability tools

Technologies

PyTorch, Python, NodeJS/Typescript, Docker

Responsibilities

Design and implement state-of-the-art ML models and training pipelines; Develop efficient data and training strategies; Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking; Lead rapid experimentation and prototyping of new model architectures; Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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