Ixian Robotics
Robotics Machine Learning Engineer
$150K–$200K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
About the job
Develops, trains, evaluates, and deploys machine-learning models for robots performing physical tasks, with responsibility for measuring their behavior on hardware.
What you'll do
- Train and fine-tune robotic perception and behavior models; implement and compare approaches through controlled experiments.
- Curate and assess datasets, build repeatable evaluations, and maintain reproducible training workflows.
- Run models on physical robots, investigate failures, and collaborate with software and hardware engineers to improve reliability.
What they ask for
- Experience training deep learning models and explaining experimental decisions.
- Strong Python and practical proficiency with PyTorch, JAX, or an equivalent framework.
- Depth in robot learning or a closely related area, such as computer vision, multimodal learning, or sequential decision-making.
- Ability to debug training code, inspect datasets, and test conclusions on physical systems.
Nice to have
- Deploying learned policies on robots.
- Experience with imitation learning, reinforcement learning, vision-language-action models, distributed training, or evaluation infrastructure.
Pay
$150,000–$200,000 per year (USD, base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, JAX
AI focus
Develops and trains models for robotic perception and behavior, evaluates model performance, and deploys models on physical robots.
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