Robotics Machine Learning Engineer

2 months ago

Houston, TX, USAMid Level

H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

Collaborate on the design and development of Persona AI’s machine-learning software stack for manipulation, navigation, locomotion, and perception.
Create and execute plans for developing machine-learning models while tracking current research and development.
Develop, test, and deploy software, machine-learning pipelines, and data-collection pipelines.
Monitor and evaluate model performance in real-world environments.
Collaborate with universities and other companies.
Help attract, nurture, and grow the machine-learning and autonomy teams.

At least 3 years of experience applying machine learning to robotics.
Experience with deep-learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
Experience using cloud computing for model development and data storage, including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Strong understanding of current robot-learning research, including behavior cloning for manipulation, reinforcement learning for locomotion, and world models.
Understanding of the challenges involved in deploying neural-network models in real-world environments.
Experience deploying both traditional and learning-based robotics approaches.
Ability to write high-quality software.
Preferred: a master’s or PhD in computer science, robotics, machine learning, or a related field.
Preferred: published papers at leading ML or robotics conferences such as ICML, ICRA, CoRL, RSS, or NeurIPS.
Preferred: experience deploying robots, collecting large datasets, and training large neural networks for production environments.

Competitive compensation with a performance-based bonus and early-stage equity.
99% employer-covered medical benefits.
Competitive paid time off and a company-wide paid winter break from December 24 through January 2.
Full-time position based in Pensacola, Florida or Houston, Texas, with 10% travel.