AI Research Engineer
Cobot · Seattle, WA · 8 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and iterate on experimental ML pipelines supporting foundational model development.
- Implement and train large-scale models, including transformers and diffusion-based architectures, for generative and control tasks.
- Develop and evaluate reinforcement learning algorithms and frameworks for autonomous behaviors.
- Rapidly prototype and deploy research ideas into working code to accelerate AI experimentation cycles.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML components into real-world systems.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in applied ML research and software engineering.
- Hands-on experience training (not just using) large-scale ML models such as transformers or diffusion models.
- Strong understanding of reinforcement learning fundamentals and applications.
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
- Proven ability to write clean, efficient, and scalable code that supports fast iteration.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
- Willing to occasionally travel.
- Must have and maintain US work authorization.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, or related field.
- 4+ years of experience in applied ML research and software engineering.
- Experience designing ML experimentation frameworks and model training pipelines.
- PRACTICAL knowledge of simulation environments or robotics systems.
- Familiarity with multimodal architectures and imitation learning.
- Understanding of edge compute or distributed ML training infrastructure.