Foundational AI Research Engineer — RL/Transformers, Seattle Onsite

Collaborative Robotics; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Collaborative Robotics is seeking an AI Research Engineer to join our Foundational Models AI team in Seattle. You will design, implement, and iterate on ML experiments, focusing on reinforcement learning, transformer architectures, and diffusion models to advance autonomous robotics.

You will prototyping ideas into production-ready code and collaborating across teams to push AI capabilities forward. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in ML/AI/CS (PhD preferred) with 3+ years in applied ML research

Formación

• Master’s degree in Machine Learning, AI, Computer Science, or related field.
• PhD in ML/AI/CS or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in applied ML research and software engineering.
• Hands-on experience training large-scale ML models such as transformers or diffusion models.
• Strong understanding of reinforcement learning fundamentals and applications.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow).
• Ability to write clean, scalable code and collaborate effectively.

Responsabilidades

• 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.
• Stay at the forefront of the latest AI research and share insights internally and externally.

Conocimientos

Collaboration

Communication

Willing to travel

Educación

Master’s degree in ML/AI/CS

PhD in ML/AI/CS (preferred)

Herramientas

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Descripción del empleo

Collaborative Robotics is seeking an AI Research Engineer to join our Foundational Models AI team in Seattle. You will design, implement, and iterate on ML experiments, focusing on reinforcement learning, transformer architectures, and diffusion models to advance autonomous robotics.

You will prototyping ideas into production-ready code and collaborating across teams to push AI capabilities forward. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s in ML/AI/CS (PhD preferred) with 3+ years in applied ML research