Edge AI Vision-Language Research Postdoc

Jet Propulsion Laboratory; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Jet Propulsion Laboratory seeks a Postdoctoral scholar to advance edge Vision Language Models and Foundation models for embedded deployment. You will work on deploying and fine‑tuning models on devices like Nvidia NX/AGX, and develop segmentation, YOLO, and open vocabulary detection heads while shaping evaluation methods.

The role emphasizes publishing results, presenting at conferences, and collaborating with JPL advisors over a one‑year minimum with potential renewal up to three years.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Robotics, or a closely related field.
• Research expertise in one or more of Vision Language Models, Foundation models, or embedded AI.
• Experience deploying AI algorithms and models to embedded platforms (e.g., Nvidia NX, AGX).
• Hands-on experience with fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, SFT) and working with multiple vision heads (segmentation, YOLO, open vocabulary object detection).
• Experience with evaluation and benchmark pipelines, specifically involving LLM-driven evaluation.
• Demonstrated record of peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in edge Vision Language Models (VLMs) and Foundation models.
• Deploy complex foundation models to embedded platforms (e.g., Nvidia NX, AGX).
• Fine-tune foundation models using LoRA and SFT techniques.
• Develop and integrate multiple vision heads for tasks including segmentation, object recognition, and open vocabulary detection.
• Design, implement, and run evaluation and benchmark pipelines, including LLM-driven evaluation methodologies.
• Publish research results in peer-reviewed journals and present results at scientific conferences.

Skills

Vision Language Models

Foundation models

Embedded AI

LoRA

SFT

Benchmark pipelines

YOLO

Education

Ph.D. in CS/AI/CV/Robotics

Tools

NVIDIA NX

NVIDIA AGX

Job description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory seeks a Postdoctoral scholar to advance edge Vision Language Models and Foundation models for embedded deployment. You will work on deploying and fine‑tuning models on devices like Nvidia NX/AGX, and develop segmentation, YOLO, and open vocabulary detection heads while shaping evaluation methods.

The role emphasizes publishing results, presenting at conferences, and collaborating with JPL advisors over a one‑year minimum with potential renewal up to three years.