Senior Vision-Language Architect & Research Lead

Aurora; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 247,000 - 396,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora seeks a PhD graduate to serve as a technical pathfinder in Vision‑Language‑Action (VLA) models. You will explore VLM/VLA architectures, guide a high-caliber engineering team, and translate theory into scalable production code.

You will redesign and optimize model architectures to exploit Aurora's HPC environments, mentoring teammates and advancing the state of the art beyond simple fine-tuning.

Qualifications

• PhD in AI, CS, or Robotics from a top-tier research lab.
• Deep expertise in Vision-Language Models (VLM) and Vision-Language-Action (VLA).
• Hands-on experience identifying failure modes and debugging architectures.
• Translate complex papers to production-ready code.
• Mentor teammates and bridge knowledge gaps.
• Interest in large-scale HPC environments (e.g., Aurora).
• Think beyond fine-tuning; redesign whole model architectures.
• Strong Python skills; proficiency in modern C++.

Responsibilities

• Architectural exploration of VLM/VLA architectures for specific problems.
• Provide technical mentorship to an engineering team.
• Bridge theory and practical, scalable implementations.
• Redesign model architectures to leverage high-performance computing.

Skills

PhD in AI/Robotics

VLM & VLA expertise

Jagged edges troubleshooting

Python programming

C++ programming

Mentorship

Education

PhD in AI/CS/Robotics

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Aurora seeks a PhD graduate to serve as a technical pathfinder in Vision‑Language‑Action (VLA) models. You will explore VLM/VLA architectures, guide a high-caliber engineering team, and translate theory into scalable production code.

You will redesign and optimize model architectures to exploit Aurora's HPC environments, mentoring teammates and advancing the state of the art beyond simple fine-tuning.