Staff AI Research Engineer at Standard Bots

Department: Software

Compensation

$250,000 – $300,000/yr

Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Level: staff+
Posted: Aug 25, 2026

Description

Standard Bots is hiring a Staff AI Research Engineer to develop and optimize AI models and training systems for robotics applications. The role involves designing machine learning models and pipelines, prototyping architectures, optimizing performance, debugging and evaluating models, and collaborating with engineering teams on training infrastructure and deployment. Candidates should have extensive AI modeling experience, particularly in self-driving or autonomous-vehicle contexts, along with expertise in diffusion and autoregressive models, reinforcement learning, PyTorch, Python, NodeJS/TypeScript, and Docker.

Required Skills

PyTorch
Python
NodeJS/TypeScript
Docker
Diffusion models
Autoregressive models
Reinforcement learning
Model debugging
Transfer learning

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 7+ years of AI modeling experience in the self-driving car industry, or a PhD with 3+ years of AI modeling experience in the self-driving car industry
Developing and deploying large-scale machine learning models
Using diffusion and autoregressive models in a professional setting
Training inference and infrastructure pipelines from camera input to trajectory output for self-driving or robotics
Reinforcement learning
Model debugging, optimization, and performance tuning
Implementing machine learning research papers and adapting academic work