2 months ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$160k - $400k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, train, and evaluate state-of-the-art VLA models for robotic systems.
- Implement scalable architectures for multimodal model fusion, continual learning, and domain adaptation.
- Develop dynamic memory, communication, and tool use faculties for AI agents.
- Translate foundational research into deployable, real-time perception and decision-making systems.
- Collaborate across engineering, robotics, and mission teams to integrate ML pipelines with onboard autonomy.
- Develop and maintain codebases for training, simulation, and real-world inference.
- Conduct experiments to benchmark performance and robustness in diverse, unstructured environments.
- Track, digest, and incorporate breakthroughs from the latest literature in VLMs, RL, CV, and autonomous agents.
- Support field trials and mission operations to validate model performance under real-world constraints.
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI models, ideally in agentic AI, robotics, autonomous systems, or real-time applications.
- Strong background in computer vision, deep learning, or multimodal architectures (VLMs, transformers, or agents).
- Proficiency in Python and frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow; bonus for JAX, CUDA, or real-time inference experience.
- Solid grasp of modern model training techniques including distributed training, fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, AI, or related technical field, MS/PhD preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to take research from prototype to product in fast-moving environments.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
- Bonus: Experience with embodied AI systems or mission-oriented deployments (DoD, aerospace, robotics).
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including base salary and bonus.
- Meaningful equity.
- Premium medical, dental, and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution.
- Competitive PTO and company holiday calendar.
- Unlimited AI tokens.
- Catered lunch daily and fully stocked kitchen.
- EV charging.
- Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
