Senior ML Engineer, Food Foundation Models & Robotics

Alumni Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible paid time off (PTO)

401(k) matching

Catered lunch

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Alumni Ventures is seeking a Senior ML Engineer to develop the Food Foundation Model at Chef Robotics in San Francisco. This role involves bridging research and engineering, focusing on model training and deployment for real-world applications in food robotics.

Ideal candidates should have 5+ years in ML for robotics, a strong background in PyTorch, and the ability to translate research advancements into practical solutions. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered, emphasizing early-stage equity.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience implementing and deploying ML models for real-world robotics applications.
• Familiarity with modern policy and generative model architectures.
• Track record of taking models from research prototype to deployed system on physical hardware.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and training objectives for the Food Foundation Model.
• Investigate and evaluate the latest foundation model architectures.
• Design pipelines for pre-training, fine-tuning, and alignment.

Skills

Implementation of ML models

Hands-on experience with large-scale model training

Strong PyTorch skills

Software engineering fundamentals in Python

Education

MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science

Tools

MuJoCo

ONNX

Job description

Alumni Ventures is seeking a Senior ML Engineer to develop the Food Foundation Model at Chef Robotics in San Francisco. This role involves bridging research and engineering, focusing on model training and deployment for real-world applications in food robotics.

Ideal candidates should have 5+ years in ML for robotics, a strong background in PyTorch, and the ability to translate research advancements into practical solutions. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered, emphasizing early-stage equity.