Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Robotics

ZipRecruiter; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading robotics firm in London is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join their R&D team. You will focus on developing deep learning systems and optimizing models. This role offers significant challenges and the chance to impact AI and autonomy significantly. Previous experience in autonomous vehicle/machinery is a plus and candidates should be prepared to work onsite.

Benefits

Negotiable package

Stock options

Qualifications

• 3+ years developing deep learning systems with shipped models or published research.
• Hands-on with Vision Models, LLMs or generative models.
• Strong Python + PyTorch/JAX skills.

Responsibilities

• Training policies via representation learning, behaviour cloning & RL.
• Building pipelines that fuse vision, audio, proprioception & 3D data.
• Scaling distributed training + optimizing models for real-time edge inference.

Skills

Deep learning systems development

Python

PyTorch

Vision Models

Job description

Overview

AI, Robotics & Autonomy are exploding right now, and this role is right at the cutting edge.

I’m working with a top robotics firm hiring Senior Software Engineers into their R&D team, building systems that push the limits of computer vision, deep learning, and autonomous vehicle/machinery. You’ll be joining brilliant minds from Tesla, Google DeepMind, NVIDIA and more.

Role

Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Robotics

Location: London (onsite)

Package: Negotiable + stock options

Responsibilities

• Training policies via representation learning, behaviour cloning & RL from data to deployment.
• Building pipelines that fuse vision, , audio, proprioception & 3D data.
• Scaling distributed training + optimising models for real-time edge inference.
• Helping shape how intelligent systems learn and act in the real world.

Qualifications

• 3+ years developing deep learning systems with shipped models or published research.
• Hands-on with Vision Models, LLMs or generative models.
• Strong Python + PyTorch/JAX skills (debugging, profiling, shipping).
• Passion for bridging the gap between simulation and reality.

This is one of the most exciting and technically challenging roles I’ve see with the chance to make a real impact on how AI and autonomy move from research into the real world.

We’re especially keen on candidates with autonomous vehicle/machinery experience who are happy to be on-site in London.

Interested? Apply to be considered.