Senior AI Research Engineer - (SJ2026NZ)

Archer
San Jose
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 195,000 - 204,750 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Education: mastersSkills: ["Collaboration","Communication","Problem-solving","Research rigor","Staying current"]

Design, implement, and evaluate novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms for autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception. Build and improve predictive and decision-making models end to end—from data needs and architecture to evaluation and deployment—while collaborating with other research engineers on agent behavior and environmental understanding. Benchmark techniques in dynamic or simulated environments, develop tools for reproducible research, and help transition prototypes into production-ready systems.

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Senior AI Research Engineer - (SJ2026NZ)

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Job Summary

Design, implement, and evaluate novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms for autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception. Build and improve predictive and decision-making models end to end—from data needs and architecture to evaluation and deployment—while collaborating with other research engineers on agent behavior and environmental understanding. Benchmark techniques in dynamic or simulated environments, develop tools for reproducible research, and help transition prototypes into production-ready systems.
Location: San Jose
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, implement, and evaluate novel ML/deep learning algorithms focused on autonomy, trajectory prediction, and perception.
  • •Develop predictive and decision-making models from data needs and representations through evaluation and deployment.
  • •Collaborate with other research engineers to prototype and validate solutions from academic literature on agent behavior and environmental understanding.
  • •Run experiments to benchmark new techniques and evaluate model behavior in dynamic or simulated environments.
  • •Create tools and frameworks to support scalable, reproducible research and communicate results to leadership; assist transitions to production-ready systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 195,000 - 204,750 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computational Sciences, Machine Learning, Robotics, or Informatics.
  • •Highly skilled with AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • •Debug AI model development, including determining data, training, and evaluation requirements.
  • •Understand Transformer architectures and attention mechanisms.
  • •Experience with multimodal foundation models, diffusion policies, fine-tuning, model distillation, and mixture of experts.
Education:Master's
Skills:CollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingResearch rigorStaying current
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PyTorchTensorflowTransformer architecturesAttention mechanismsMulti-modal foundation modelsDiffusion policiesFine-tuningModel distillationMixture of expertsGenerative AI

Company Brief

Archer
Develops electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and urban air mobility systems to enable sustainable, intra-city air transportation for passengers and cargo.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: Pre-Revenue (USD 0)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Palo Alto, United States
Founded: 2018
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