Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Figure
Post-Training
$175-400k
5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
AI robotics company
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AI robotics company
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$175-400k
5 days a week in office (Sunnyvale, CA)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To expand human capabilities through advanced AI.
Role
Who you are
- Strong background in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing (NLP)
- Proven experience in model development, tuning, and evaluation with large-scale neural networks
- Familiarity with AI safety and robustness challenges in real-world environments
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, with experience in machine learning frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or similar
- Experience working with large codebases and distributed computing environments
- Ability to conduct independent research and collaborate effectively in a team-oriented environment
- A Masters or PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or related disciplines)
Desirable
- Prior experience working with robotic learning systems
What the job involves
- Our AI team is looking for an AI Engineer, Post-Training to work on enhancing and deploying state-of-the-art AI models
- You will focus on improving large pre-trained models for practical applications, ensuring that they are reliable, efficient, and scalable
- You will collaborate closely with research and product teams to develop new techniques for optimizing AI systems, and help integrate advanced AI capabilities into products and services
- Lead the post-training research to improve performance, safety, and generalization of large-scale AI models
- Work with cross-functional teams to deploy AI solutions in real-world applications, focusing on improving the user experience and model performance
- Develop and implement novel approaches to model fine-tuning, optimization, and evaluation
- Design and conduct experiments to better understand model behavior and to identify and mitigate risks related to fairness, safety, and reliability
- Collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and product teams to align model development with company goals
- Contribute to cutting-edge research and bring new insights to the team to solve complex problems in AI deployment
Our take
With an aging population and 10 million unsafe and undesirable jobs in the US, labour supply growth is predicted to flatline in the 21st century. Automation of jobs is a potential solution to these growing societal problems.
Exiting stealth in 2023, Figure Robotics joins a slew of AI and manufacturing companies with a distinct interest in humanoid robotics. The benefits of humanoid robotics, according to Figure, include the potential for them to take over unsafe or undesirable jobs from people, essentially leading to a happier and more purposeful society.
There’s clearly a long way to go, with Figure aware that its mission to expand human capabilities through advanced AI will take decades. That said, it has managed to raise more than $750 million in funding so far to help its long-term growth. And, with preliminary testing underway through a partnership with BMW, the company is certainly off to a good start.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2024
$675m
LATE VC
Jul 2023
$9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $854m
Company values
- Move Fast & Be Technically Fearless - Hesitation is the enemy of momentum. We are tackling today's most complex technological challenges by testing, experimenting, and taking calculated risks to embrace the unknown without fear of failure
- Product First, Mission Focused - Our product and our mission are one in the same: to bring a commercially viable humanoid to the market. We are builders, designers, and engineers united by a commitment to that mission, avoiding distraction and unrelated activities to remain laser-focused on shipping a safe, high quality product
- Aggressively Optimistic - Building Figure won’t be an easy win; it will require decades of commitment and ingenuity. We’re humbled by our mission, and aspire to remain optimistic even in the face of enormous hurdles
- Maximize Future Impact - We have what it takes to build the most groundbreaking company on the planet—to create an inspiring future for generations to come, with improved access to goods and services, safer working conditions, and more opportunity for fulfilling work. Our focus is on what we can achieve 5, 10, 20+ years from now, not the near-term wins
- Championship Mindset - To address the extraordinary demands of our work, we believe in operating as a winning team. We are in the trenches together, collaborating in-person, and pushing each other to the highest levels of performance
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
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Leadership
Brett Adcock
(Founder)Currently Founder at Archer. Previously Founder at Vettery and various other statups.
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