Researcher

Nuha; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuha, based in New York City, seeks a professional to build perception models for their AI companions, blending ML research with practical product needs. You will work in the office to ensure collaboration on creating delightful user interactions.

The ideal candidate should have strong fundamentals in machine learning, a multimodal thinking approach, and the ability to execute research alongside product shipping. Join a team where technology meets innovative user experience.

Qualifications

• Design architecture, debug training, and ship models to production.
• Experience with systems that combine audio, vision, sensor, and text data.
• Ability to publish significant research while delivering usable products.

Responsibilities

• Build models for perception and understanding in companions.
• Design architectures that fuse multiple sensor modalities.
• Train and deploy models to production and measure performance.

Skills

Strong ML fundamentals

Multimodal thinking

Research mindset with execution bias

First principles reasoning

Tools

C/C++

Job description

Nuha is a research lab based in New York City. We teach companions how to understand, interact with, and respond to humans and the physical world.

Your Role

You’ll build the models that give our companions perception and understanding. You’ll work at the intersection of ML research and product. Your models will ship to real users and help create magical interaction experiences.

What You’ll Work On

• Design architectures that fuse multiple sensor modalities into unified representations
• Build models that understand spatial context, user presence, and environmental dynamics
• Develop systems for continuous learning and adaptation based on user interactions
• Create lightweight inference pipelines that run efficiently on our hardware constraints

Research Problems

• How do we make companions spatially aware and context-sensitive?
• How do we build memory systems that feel natural and respectful?
• How do we personalize interactions while maintaining privacy?
• How do we bridge the gap between raw sensor data and meaningful understanding?
• How do we run large models locally on small devices?

Ship & Iterate

• Train and deploy models to production and measure real-world performance
• Work directly with users to understand what makes companions feel wonderful
• Balance research innovation with shipping features that delight users

Requirements

• Strong ML fundamentals – design architecture, debug training, and ship models to production
• Multimodal thinking – experience with systems that combine audio, vision, sensor, and text data
• Research mindset with execution bias – publish when it matters, but ship products
• First principles reasoning – break down ambiguous problems and figure out what to build

Bonus

• Mathematical maturity
• Signal processing background (radar, RF, audio, ultrasound)
• C/C++
• Robotics or embodied AI research
• Publishing record in relevant conferences (CVPR, ICRA, NeurIPS, etc.)

Location

NYC – In office. We’re building a physical product and need to work together in person.