Persona AI · 1 day ago
Robotics Machine Learning Engineer
Greater Houston
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expPersona AI is developing and commercializing rugged, multi-purpose humanoid robots that perform real work. They are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to drive their machine learning strategy and shape the design and development of Persona’s humanoid robot.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Robotics
Responsibilities
Collaborate on the design and development of the Persona ML software stack and support its application in manipulation, navigation, locomotion, and perception
Work with the ML team to craft and execute on a comprehensive plan for the development of machine learning models, keeping up to date with the state of the art in research and development
Work with the team to develop, test, and deploy software, machine learning pipelines, and data collection pipelines
Monitor and evaluate the performance of models in the real world
Collaborate with Universities and other companies
Collaborate in attracting, nurturing and growing the machine learning and autonomy teams
Qualification
Required
Courage and grit to tackle some of the hardest problems in embodied AI
Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in a high paced team environment
3+ years of experience in machine learning applied to robotics
Experience with deep learning frameworks (Pytorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.)
Experience with cloud computing to develop models, store data, etc. (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Strong understanding of the state of the art research in robot learning (behavior cloning for manipulation, reinforcement learning for locomotion, world models, etc.)
Understanding of the challenges of deploying neural network models in the real world
Experienced in deploying both traditional and learning based approaches for robotics
Capable of writing high quality software
Thrive in fast paced and ambiguous environments
Strong first principles thinker
Preferred
An advanced degree (Masters or PhD) in computer science, robotics, machine learning, or another related field
Published papers at top ML/Robotics conferences (ICML, ICRA, CoRL, RSS, NeurIPS)
Have deployed robots, collected large amounts of data, and trained large neural networks that work in production environments
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Excellent benefits
Flexible work environment
Equity opportunities
Company
Persona AI
Persona AI is a robotics company that provides robotic solutions.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$27M2025-05-07Pre Seed· $27M
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