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Targeted start date: Immediately. Relocation provided.

Research Engineers in infrastructure are generalists who build and maintain infrastructure and platforms for robot learning. A typical day involves scaling up data and compute engines, or improving the reliability and uptime of model training and inference. You will be responsible for scaling model training and deployment, data engines and databases, and frontends and backends. You will work closely with other AI team members and also develop independently. Success in this role means unblocking data pipelines and compute scaling for an exponentially growing fleet of robots.

1X's mission is to create an abundant supply of physical labor through safe, intelligent androids that work alongside humans. Since 2014, we’ve designed our products with large-scale manufacturing in mind, so we can produce androids at a high enough volume to meet the world’s labor demand.

Why this job is exciting

• Your role on the team will be to scale up the learning stack on state-of-the-art hardware and drive success of robot operations

• You will build upon one of the largest android datasets, which is continuing to grow exponentially

• We aim to (1) double the number of tasks the robot can perform and (2) half the error rate on existing tasks, quarter over quarter

• The team works closely together to prioritize direction and scale up a single approach to a production-ready system

Responsibilities

• Day to day: ship AI platform for non-technical robot operators, scale up AI model training workloads, and own model inference reliability

• Build the data engine (frontend UI and backend) to log, clean, and label data for foundation model training

• Work with our robot operations team to scale up our datasets and model capabilities

Must-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

• 5+ years of professional, full-time experience building ML infrastructure

• Proficiency working with and testing large codebases in Python, and C++ or Rust

• Experience with databases (Postgres, NoSQL)

• Ability to rapidly prototype ideas in code in an independent manner

• Experience with Deep Learning Frameworks (Pytorch, TF, JAX, etc.)

• Ability to build scrappy, cost-effective solutions to prove out ideas quickly and then harden them for production use cases

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing ML compute clusters, cloud infrastructure, and workload management, and setting up hybrid cloud infra

• Have implemented highly performant software

• Have built large programming projects on your own for fun (e.g. open source projects)

• Training large-scale ML models such as visual foundation models, large language models, pixel-level generative models

Compensation

We offer a total compensation package including base salary from US$105,000 to US$250,000 annually, with generous stock options and other benefits.

Interview process

Introduction Stage - we have initial conversations to get to know you better

• [30m] Recruiter Screen with Moe Thitsa
• [45m] Hiring Manager technical interview with an AI team member

Team Interview Stage

• On-site or remote team interview with the AI team

Final Interview Stage - we move you to our final round

• We will conduct reference checks.
• [30m] CEO interview with Bernt, to be scheduled based on need
• [15m] Job Offer Conversation with Eric Jang

You are welcome to request additional conversations with anyone you would like to meet, but didn’t get to meet during the interview process.

Not sure if this is you?

Studies have shown that women are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet all qualifications. If you’re excited about this role, but you’re not sure if you qualify, apply anyway! You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Location

This position is based in Sunnyvale, California, USA, at our newly renovated AI headquarters. We offer visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates. Joining our team means becoming a valued member of one of the biggest brands in humanoid robotics, where you'll play a part in shaping the future of general purpose androids.

A value driven team

These are the ideas that express our team’s culture and how we work:

Be Nice

Collaboration is our driving force. Our team creates an open, trusting environment where everyone can be their most creative.

Stay Smart

A world-changing team needs the brightest minds in every discipline. This is where people come to work, learn, and grow to their full potential.

Make History

Everything we do gets us closer to one ambitious vision: general-purpose androids helping people around the globe. We believe what we build today will impact generations.

1X is an inclusive and equal-opportunity employer that values diversity. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don't hesitate to let us know during the interview process. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.

We're excited to have you on board!