Research Scientist, Applied Intuition

• If you are hands-on and looking for a place to have a multiplying effect on making autonomous systems a reality, Applied is the place for you!
• Strong research skills who can work both independently and collaboratively with peers
• Strong research record in the fields of AI and autonomous systems with publications in top-notch venues or journals in the fields of computer vision, machine learning, robotics, etc
• MSc or PhD in machine learning and computer vision with autonomy and robotics applications or closely related fields
• Passion for next-generation, scalable autonomy with data-driven, differentiable paradigm and large data/model deployment for real-world autonomous systems
• Applicants will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable federal and state law
• Applicants should be aware that for external-facing roles that involve close contact with Company employees or other third parties on the Company's premises, accommodations that involve remaining unvaccinated against COVID-19 may not be deemed reasonable
• The Company will engage in the interactive process on an individualized basis taking into account the particular position

Desirable

• The AI Research Team at Applied Intuition conducts world-class research for autonomous systems and closed-loop simulation, and creates scalable autonomy stacks from prototype towards mass production in a data-driven fashion
• You will have access to driving data exploding from millions of miles with various scenarios from a diverse set of sensors to develop industry-leading models and techniques at scale
• Improvements deployed to our system can immediately help our customers with their autonomy programs
• In addition to your research contributions, by working in our dynamic and customer-focused team culture, you will contribute to and learn from best practices in the autonomy industry
• We move fast and we focus on excellence, for our products and for our business
• Conduct research in a focused area among topics including (but not limited to)
• Differentiable/end-to-end autonomy stack with language modality
• Multi-modal foundation models
• Closed-loop simulation for sensory and behavior generation with generative AI and novel view synthesis
• Closed-loop training/refinement of differentiable stack
• Work closely with other research scientists and intern students in the AI Research team towards high quality research publications on various topics
• Closely work with and supported by Research Engineers and engineering teams to test and deploy the algorithms created towards industry-leading performance for publications (and products)