AI/ML Engineer
Slate Magazine21 hours ago
Remote, United StatesMid Level
Base Salary
$123k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and ship AI/ML features across data preparation, model training or fine-tuning, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring.
- Build GenAI systems using RAG pipelines, LLM APIs, open-source models, prompt design, and agentic workflows.
- Develop data pipelines, labeling workflows, evaluation frameworks, and related infrastructure.
- Apply AI to manufacturing, physical operations, supply chain, logistics, and operational planning problems.
- Collaborate with Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to translate requirements into measurable AI systems.
- Own features end-to-end, iterate using production feedback, and communicate technical decisions to cross-functional stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field is required.
- A PhD in a relevant field is a strong foundation for early-career candidates; candidates without a PhD should have 3+ years of professional or research experience working directly on ML systems.
- Strong understanding of model training, loss functions, evaluation metrics, overfitting, and regularization.
- Practical experience with supervised learning, NLP, computer vision, and time-series modeling.
- Familiarity with LLM APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini, plus basic exposure to RAG, embeddings, or retrieval systems.
- Ability to evaluate model quality rigorously and write production-quality Python code.
- Experience with PyTorch or JAX, Hugging Face, pandas, scikit-learn, cloud platforms, version control, experiment tracking, and basic MLOps practices.
- Preferred qualifications include experience or interest in manufacturing, robotics, logistics, industrial data, sensor data, real-time systems, simulation environments, physical hardware, or operations research.
- Master’s or PhD in a relevant technical field is preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401(k) benefits.
- Potential eligibility for equity and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to applicable program rules.
- The posting states an annual base salary range of $123,339.00 to $185,009.00 USD.
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About Slate Magazine
Slate is a digital magazine that covers politics, culture, technology, and current events through reported articles, analysis, newsletters, and a large slate of podcasts. Founded in 1996, it is published by The Slate Group, a unit of Graham Holdings, with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Its business model combines advertising with reader revenue, including the Slate Plus membership program for bonus content and ad-free podcasts.