Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Auxo Talent; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Auxo Talent is hiring one of the first ML engineers for a robotics startup in San Francisco. You will own how the robots learn, from the data pipeline through to the models running on real hardware, and you’ll work directly with the founders with a significant say in technical direction.

You will build and train models for manipulation, design the data pipeline, move models to real robots, and help set up the ML tools and processes as the team grows.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on ML experience, ideally in robotics.
• Strong Python and PyTorch background.
• Experience with imitation learning or reinforcement learning for robotics.

Responsibilities

• Build and train models for robot manipulation and control.
• Design the data pipeline from real-world robot data to simulation.
• Move models from simulation onto real robots and close the sim-to-real gap.
• Set up the tools and processes the ML team will grow into.
• Help hire the next ML engineers.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

Imitation learning

Reinforcement learning

Robotics

Tools

Isaac Sim

MuJoCo

Job description

The role

This is one of the first ML hires. You'll own how the robots learn, from the data pipeline through to the models running on real hardware. You'll work directly with the founders and have a big say in the technical direction.

What you'll do

• Build and train models for robot manipulation and control
• Design the data pipeline, from real-world robot data to simulation
• Move models from simulation onto real robots, and close the sim-to-real gap
• Set up the tools and processes the ML team will grow into
• Help hire the next ML engineers

What you'll bring

• 4+ years of hands-on ML experience, ideally in robotics
• Strong Python and PyTorch
• Experience with imitation learning, reinforcement learning or foundation models for robotics
• You've shipped models onto real hardware, not just in research
• You're comfortable with the pace and ownership of an early-stage team

Nice to have

• Experience with Isaac Sim, MuJoCo or similar simulators
• A background in manipulation or mobile robots