Senior AI Research Engineer — Autonomy & Perception

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, based in San Jose, California, is a leader in next‑gen aerospace, building an end‑to‑end autonomous air mobility platform including air taxis, UAS, and AI solutions for commercial and defense sectors.

The role focuses on designing and evaluating novel ML/DL algorithms for autonomy and perception, collaborating with researchers to prototype from literature, and transitioning research into production-ready systems in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in AI, CS, or related fields.
• Strong experience with AI/ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Experience with transformer architectures and multi-modal models.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evaluate ML/DT algorithms for autonomy and perception.
• Iterate on predictive model development from data to deployment.
• Collaborate with research engineers to prototype solutions from literature.
• Conduct experiments to benchmark techniques in dynamic or simulated environments.
• Develop tools to support scalable and reproducible research.
• Present research findings to leadership clearly and concisely.
• Stay updated on autonomy and generative AI developments.
• Assist in transitioning research into production-ready systems.

Skills

Transformer architectures

Attention mechanisms

Multi-modal models

Model distillation

Mixture of experts

Debug ML models

Education

Master’s Degree in AI/CS/Computing/Robotics/Informatics

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Archer, based in San Jose, California, is a leader in next‑gen aerospace, building an end‑to‑end autonomous air mobility platform including air taxis, UAS, and AI solutions for commercial and defense sectors.

The role focuses on designing and evaluating novel ML/DL algorithms for autonomy and perception, collaborating with researchers to prototype from literature, and transitioning research into production-ready systems in a fast-paced environment.