Senior Agentic AI & Multimodal Research Scientist

Axon Enterprise

Seattle (WA)

Hybrid

USD 159,750 - 255,600

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k with employer match

Discretionary PTO

Parental leave

Fitness programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Snacks in the office

Job summary

Axon is seeking a Senior AI Research Scientist to join a new team focusing on agentic video and multimodal reasoning systems. You will advance state-of-the-art in machine learning and multimodal tech, developing responsible AI capabilities for Axon products and collaborating with product managers, engineers and cross-functional teams.

This role is based in Seattle, WA with a hybrid schedule, onsite Tue-Fri and remote Mon.

Qualifications

PhD and 3+ years of experience in multimodal ML and video understanding.
Proven track record in production-ready research with impact.
Experience in ML lifecycle from definition to deployment.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with scientists, engineers and PMs to build proof-of-concepts.
Lead end-to-end research in AI-assisted universal search of multimodal data with emphasis on video understanding.
Advance computer vision, machine learning and gen-AI techniques for cloud and devices from multimodal data sources.
Design and implement privacy-preserving, scalable models for inference and analysis of visual data.
Develop performance and quality metrics for agentic multimodal reasoning models and systems, and validate their effectiveness in real-world settings.
Stay up-to-date with the latest research and advances in agentic AI, machine learning and computer vision and translate relevant findings into shipping Axon products.
Contribute to academic publications, technical documentation, and patent disclosures to share insights and findings with the broader community.
Coach and mentor junior scientists.