Archer · 13 hours ago
AI Researcher / Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$132K/yr - $238K/yrArcher is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California focused on building sustainable air mobility solutions. They are seeking an AI Researcher / Engineer to develop cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions, collaborate with teams, and transition research prototypes into production-ready systems.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and evaluate novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms
Iterate on AI model development; starting from the data needed for training, architecture, input/output representations, evaluation, and deployment
Collaborate with other researcher engineers to prototype and validate complex solutions from academic literature
Conduct experiments to benchmark new techniques and evaluate model behavior
Develop tools and frameworks to support scalable and reproducible research and development
Communicate research findings to leadership in a concise, and convincing manner
Stay current with the latest developments in AI/ML and identify relevant innovations
Assist in transitioning research prototypes into production-ready systems
Qualification
Required
M.S or PhD degree in Computer Science, or Computer Engineering with strong emphasis on AI and ML
Enjoys solving less-defined and complex problems
Familiarity with good SW practices and development, including code quality, version control, etc
Very strong with ML frameworks such as Pytorch, or Tensorflow
Good understanding of Transformer architectures, attention mechanisms, multi-modal foundation models, diffusion policies, fine-tuning, model distillation, mixture of experts, and other similar topics
Has strong ability to debug and determine requirements for AI models in terms of data, training, and evaluation
Is up to date with research literature and recent ML techniques and methodologies
Preferred
Experience with Reinforcement Learning, self-supervised training, and imitation learning is a plus
Experience developing VLA (Vision Language Action) models for robotic manipulation and mobility is a plus
Experience developing production AI models is a plus
Publications at top conferences are a plus
Company
Archer
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems.
Founded in 2020
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.48BKey Investors
BlackRockStellantis
2025-11-06Post Ipo Equity· $650M
2025-06-12Post Ipo Equity· $850M
2025-02-11Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Adam Goldstein
Founder and CEO
Tom Muniz
Chief Technology Officer
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