Senior Staff ML Engineer, Spot

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Boston Dynamics is hiring a Senior Staff ML Engineer for the OrbitAI team within the Spot organization. You will design, build, and continuously improve Orbit's machine learning systems, deploying multimodal models on robotic sensor data to extract site information such as anomalous machine states and object classifications. The role involves dataset curation, model evaluation, and applying state-of-the-art generative AI and computer vision techniques. You will collaborate closely with full stack engineers, ML platform engineers, product management, and researchers.

• Research, prototype, and deploy models leveraging multimodal robotic sensor data for anomaly detection and object classification
• Establish effective methods for evaluating inspection model performance
• Curate datasets for model training, fine-tuning, and evaluation
• Identify and apply model performance improvement strategies such as fine-tuning, model selection, and prompt engineering
• Track the state of the art and identify opportunities for product applications
• Collaborate with full stack engineers, ML platform engineers, product, and design

• BS with 8+ years or MS with 5+ years of industry experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field
• Experience training, fine-tuning, and applying state-of-the-art generative AI models, preferably focused on computer vision
• Proficiency in Python and experience with common ML tools, architectures, and workflows
• Ability to track the current state of the art and identify product opportunities
• Strong communication skills and willingness to tackle challenging computer vision problems
• Must be eligible to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available

• Experience with multimodal data from robotic sensors
• Background in industrial inspection or automation platforms
• Familiarity with fleet coordination or robotics platforms