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Faction Imaging Inc · 2 months ago

Senior Research Engineer - Machine Learning and Robotics

NYC Metro Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Faction Imaging Inc is searching for engineers to conceive, develop and deploy navigation and real-time optimization algorithms in the domains of robotics and medical imaging. The ideal candidate will apply their background in state-of-the-art machine learning to invent, implement and demonstrate the performance of algorithms that solve challenging problems in autonomous navigation and real-time optimization.

Health CareMedical

Responsibilities

Design, develop, train and test models and algorithms for autonomous robotic navigation systems

Conceive of creative ideas and create testable hypothesis and experiments to validate them

Rapidly implement and iterate on research ideas using Python

Collaborate with control engineers to integrate algorithms into the robotic control stack

Own the research and development process from requirements and user needs through to proof of concept and demonstration of reliable performance

Clearly communicate findings and trade-offs to members of the research and development team

Provide feedback and mentorship to other members of the research and development team

Qualification

Machine LearningRoboticsPythonConvolutional Neural NetworksReinforcement LearningPyTorchVersion Control (git)Communication SkillsMentorshipCreative Problem Solving

Required

BSc in Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field

8+ years industry experience (or 5+ years for candidates with a PhD)

Thorough understanding and experience implementing state-of-the-art machine learning models for robotics such as transformers, diffusion models, vision-language-action models, video encoders and generative models for simulation

Thorough understanding and experience training models for robotics applications using supervised learning and reinforcement learning

Experience developing ML algorithms for visual perception, including the use of convolutional neural networks and vision transformers

Experience using simulated environments for model training and evaluation: Isaac Lab/Sim, Mujoco, Gazebo

Extensive experience with python and frameworks such as PyTorch

Skilled in version control (git) and familiarity with modern software development, debugging, and logging tools

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field

Experience in medical imaging, image-guided robotics, or autonomous systems in regulated domains

Passion for working in the field of medicine and medical robotics

Experience developing blackbox (derivative free) optimization techniques

Proven track record, including publications in top conferences (e.g., ICRA, CoRL, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICLR)

Company

Faction Imaging Inc

New York-based Faction Imaging has conducted a multi-year research and development program, resulting in the blueprint for a revolutionary AI-native imaging platform, converging human centric design, biomedical engineering, and advanced new silicon design.

Founded in 2017

New York, New York, USA

2-10 employees