Robotics Machine Learning Engineer — Build Humanoid Robots

Persona AI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Performance-based bonus

99% employer covered medical benefits

Equity (early-stage)

Paid time off

Winter break (Dec 24–Jan 2)

Job summary

Persona AI is hiring a Robotics Machine Learning Engineer to drive our ML strategy for humanoid robotics designed for heavy industry settings. You will join as an inaugural ML Engineer and help shape the design and development of Persona’s robotics software stack, from perception to manipulation and locomotion, with real-world deployment in mind.

We seek candidates with 3+ years in robotics ML, experience with leading DL frameworks, cloud-based model development, and a strong grasp of

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in machine learning applied to robotics.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.)
• Experience with cloud computing to develop models, store data, etc. (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong understanding of the state of the art research in robot learning (behavior cloning for manipulation, reinforcement learning for locomotion, world models, etc.).
• Understanding of the challenges of deploying neural network models in the real world.
• Experienced in deploying both traditional and learning based approaches for robotics.
• Capable of writing high quality software.
• Thrive in fast paced and ambiguous environments.
• Strong first principles thinker.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design and development of the Persona ML software stack and support its application in manipulation, navigation, locomotion, and perception.
• Work with the ML team to craft and execute on a comprehensive plan for the development of machine learning models, keeping up to date with the state of the art in research and development.
• Work with the team to develop, test, and deploy software, machine learning pipelines, and data collection pipelines.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of models in the real world.
• Collaborate with Universities and other companies.
• Collaborate in attracting, nurturing and growing the machine learning and autonomy teams.

Skills

ML for robotics

Deep learning frameworks

Cloud computing

Software engineering

Deployment of models

First principles thinking

Team collaboration

Job description

Persona AI is hiring a Robotics Machine Learning Engineer to drive our ML strategy for humanoid robotics designed for heavy industry settings. You will join as an inaugural ML Engineer and help shape the design and development of Persona’s robotics software stack, from perception to manipulation and locomotion, with real-world deployment in mind.

We seek candidates with 3+ years in robotics ML, experience with leading DL frameworks, cloud-based model development, and a strong grasp of