AI Research Engineer - Foundation Models

Helsing, a defence AI company, seeks an AI Research Engineer to research, design, and train large-scale foundational models for autonomous capabilities. The role focuses on training and fine-tuning Vision-Language Models using custom datasets, covering the entire model lifecycle from data curation to evaluation.

• Research, design, and train large-scale Foundational Models for multimodal sensor data
• Fine-tune Vision-Language Models on custom datasets
• Manage the entire model lifecycle: data curation, training, and evaluation

• MSc or PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Mathematics with a focus on Deep Learning
• Theoretical understanding and practical experience in training foundational models (LLMs, VLMs, multimodal)
• Strong software engineering skills in Python and fluency with PyTorch/JAX
• Clear communicator with a first-principles mindset

• Top-tier research track record with publications in NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ACL on attention mechanisms, efficient transformers, or multimodal learning
• Experience training models on large-scale GPU clusters
• Proven experience in data curation, cleaning, pruning, and building robust data pipelines