Senior AI Research Engineer - (SJ2026NZ)

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

San Jose, California, United States

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Archer is a leader in the next-gen aerospace sector building an end-to-end advanced air mobility platform that delivers air taxis, unmanned aircraft systems(“UAS”), aviation-related physical artificial intelligence(“AI”) solutions, and other technologies to customers worldwide across the commercial aerospace and defense sectors.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and evaluate novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms, witha specific focus on autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception.
• Iterate on predictive and decision-making model development, starting from the data neededfor training, architecture, input/output representations, evaluation, and deployment.
• Collaborate with other research engineers to prototype and validate complex solutions fromacademic literature related to agent behavior and environmental understanding.
• Conduct experiments to benchmark new techniques and evaluate model behavior indynamic or simulated environments.
• Develop tools and frameworks to support scalable and reproducible research.
• Communicate research findings to leadership in a concise, and convincing manner.
• Stay current with the latest developments in Autonomy and Generative AI to identify relevantinnovations.
• Assist in transitioning research prototypes into production-ready systems.

Minimum Education Requirement: Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science,Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computational Sciences, Machine Learning, Robotics orInformatics.

Special Requirements: Must be highly skilled with AI and ML frameworks, such as Pytorch orTensorflow. Must have skills with debugging and determining requirements for AI models in terms ofdata, training and evaluation. Must have understanding of Transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, multi-modal foundation models, diffusion policies, fine-tuning, model distillation, andmixture of experts.

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. For this position we are offering $195,000 to $204,750 per year.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer’s People Team at [e-mail] . Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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Certain positions may be eligible for visa sponsorship.

Archer is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.