Remote Research Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Research Engineer at Waabi, an AI company specializing in self-driving technology. The role involves developing and deploying artificial intelligence algorithms for self-driving vehicles, working closely with a team of world-renowned scientists and engineers to improve the accuracy, robustness, and safety of self-driving algorithms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in computer science, engineering, machine learning, or a related technical discipline
• Experience working on applied research projects
• Passion for taking research ideas and turning them into practical solutions for real-world applications
• Solid understanding of computing fundamentals, including code efficiency
• Proficient in Python programming with a focus on writing high-quality, well-structured, and tested code
• Comfortable working with large datasets for machine learning applications

Responsibilities

• Prototype, evaluate, and iterate on solutions, using real-world data and simulations, to improve the accuracy, robustness, and safety of our self-driving algorithms
• Formulate problems and propose pragmatic and long-term solutions based on research insights, leveraging your expertise in deep learning, computer vision, and self-driving technologies
• Support deploying solutions to our production systems, collaborating closely with platform teams to ensure seamless integration of research findings into our self-driving system
• Champion engineering excellence, ensuring high-quality, well structured and tested code
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team solving problems related to perception, motion forecasting, planning, traffic modeling and sensor simulation, integrating research findings into our self-driving system and contributing to the development of a unified self-driving platform
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in the field of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and self-driving technologies, and apply insights from the literature
• Work with large datasets from various sources as well as Waabi World, our high-fidelity simulator
• Contribute to the publication of research findings in conferences as well as Waabi's blog

Preferred Qualifications

• Master/PhD in machine learning, computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Experience in shipping machine learning features/models into production
• Strong grasp of machine learning literature, including current trends and state-of-the-art techniques
• Previous experience in self-driving technology or related fields
• Publications in top-tier conferences or journals related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, or self-driving technology
• Experience in working with platform teams and collaborating with research teams to implement and validate deep learning models
• Solid experience with concurrent, parallel, and distributed computing techniques for efficient computation
• Proficiency in Pytorch, Rust, C++ and/or CUDA

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