Collaborative Robotics
AI Research Engineer
Seattle · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2025
- Experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in applied ML research and software engineering; preferred: 4+ years.
- Education
- Master’s degree in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must have and maintain US work authorization.
About the job
Develops and experiments with foundational AI models for generative, control, and autonomous robotics applications, translating research ideas into working software.
What you'll do
- Build experimental ML pipelines and train large-scale transformer and diffusion models.
- Develop and evaluate reinforcement learning approaches for autonomous behaviors.
- Prototype research ideas and collaborate to integrate ML components into real-world systems.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Hands-on experience training large-scale ML models and strong understanding of reinforcement learning.
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow; ability to write clean, scalable code.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills; willing to occasionally travel; must have and maintain US work authorization.
Nice to have
- PhD in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience with ML experimentation frameworks, robotics or simulation, multimodal architectures, imitation learning, or distributed ML infrastructure.
Tools
Python, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
AI focus
Foundational model development, including transformer and diffusion architectures, reinforcement learning, generative and control tasks, and autonomous systems.
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