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Staff AI Research Engineer

Standard Bots· Software
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New York City, United States (Remote)$250k - $300kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Staff AI Research Engineer to design, implement, and optimize large-scale AI models and training systems for robotics applications, with a focus on ML planning, diffusion and autoregressive models, and rapid experimentation in a startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement state of the art ML models and training pipelines: Apply novel machine learning techniques to wide range of robotics applications; Develop efficient data and training strategies; Implement model evaluation frameworks and metrics tracking
  • Lead model development and iteration with focus on: Rapid experimentation and prototyping of new model architectures; Performance optimization and model debugging; Transfer learning and fine-tuning strategies
  • Build robust evaluation and debugging systems to: Analyze model behavior and failure modes; Implement interpretability tools and visualization frameworks; Track and improve model metrics
  • Collaborate with engineering team to optimize training infrastructure and deployment

Qualifications

  • Have 7+ years of AI modeling experience, specifically within the self-driving car industry (or PhD with 3+ years of AI modeling experience in the self-driving car industry)
  • Proven track record developing and deploying large-scale ML models
  • Have experience using the latest techniques in diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting
  • Are familiar with training inference and infra pipelines that go from camera input to trajectory output for self driving or robotics
  • Have experience with RL (reinforcement learning)
  • Have a strong understanding of modern ML architectures and training techniques
  • Have experience with model debugging, optimization, and performance tuning
  • Have a background in implementing ML research papers and adapting academic work

Benefits

  • paid time off
  • medical/dental/vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • 401(k) to regular full-time employees
  • Employee Stock Options
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Standard Bots

The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial cobots.

Standard Bots is a company that designs and manufactures industrial collaborative robots (cobots), providing affordable, intuitive, AI-native robotic solutions for automation across various industries.

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