Remote Research Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Research Engineer on the Behaviors team at Waabi, an AI company focused on self-driving technology. The role involves developing simulation software, collaborating with users, and extending the realism of scenarios. A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and demonstrated software engineering excellence are required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in computer science, engineering, machine learning, or a related technical discipline
• Demonstrated software engineering excellence through previous internships, work experience, coding competitions, and/or research projects and papers
• Strong quantitative background, familiarity with machine learning and deep learning
• Open-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others
• Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions

Responsibilities

• Work with research scientists and engineers across Waabi to develop and maintain a portfolio of algorithms, models, and tools that power Waabi World’s scenario framework
• Collaborate with users to create scenarios for training and testing the Waabi Driver at scale
• Deliver new capabilities that extend the realism and diversity of scenarios we can simulate
• Productionize research prototypes into reliable and scalable products in Waabi World
• Design and implement tools to accelerate our ML development lifecycle, including our training and evaluation infrastructure
• Champion engineering excellence, ensuring high-quality, well-structured and tested code
• Participate in roadmap ideation, planning, and prioritization

Preferred Qualifications

• Master/PhD in machine learning, computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Experience in self-driving or related fields
• Experience with simulation for self-driving or related fields
• Experience with training and deploying deep learning models
• Familiarity with one or more of the following fields: traffic simulation, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, planning, and/or robotics
• Experience in TensorFlow or PyTorch

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only)
• Unlimited Vacation
• Flexible hours and Work from Home support
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office)
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually