Director of Machine Learning

Location: Pittsburgh, PA; Open to Remote (US)

Department: Machine Learning

About Us

Are you ready to build the future of supply chain? At Gather AI, we’re not just creating software; we’re pioneering a new era of warehouse intelligence. We’ve developed a groundbreaking, vision-powered platform that uses autonomous drones and existing equipment to capture real-time data, completely digitizing workflows that have historically been manual and error-prone. This means facilities operate smarter, safer, and more efficiently, ultimately redefining “on-time, in full” delivery.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to contribute to truly transformative technology and make a significant impact in a vital industry, Gather AI is the place for you. We’re leading the charge in the rapidly evolving robotics industry, and we invite you to join us in reshaping the global supply chain, one intelligent warehouse at a time.

About the Team

You’ll lead the Machine Learning and FPT teams, working closely with the Director of Cloud Engineering and Director of Autonomy. Cross-departmentally, you’ll collaborate with Product and Business leadership to translate ML capabilities into product value. This is a high-visibility role with a direct line to executive leadership and significant influence over product direction.

About the Role

We are looking for a Director of Machine Learning to define our ML strategy, lead our computer vision organization, and drive the next phase of ML maturity at Gather AI. You will assess existing ML and CV capabilities, identify gaps and opportunities, and establish a clear technical vision for how machine learning will power our warehouse intelligence platform over the next 12–18 months.

The ideal candidate brings deep computer vision expertise, a track record of shipping production ML systems, and the leadership experience to build and scale a world-class ML team.

What You’ll Do

• Define and own the ML strategy and technical roadmap for Gather AI, aligned with product and business objectives
• Lead and grow the Machine Learning and FPT teams, establishing a culture of rigor, experimentation, and production-quality delivery
• Drive improvements to core computer vision models (object detection, segmentation, OCR) used across our drone and MHE Vision products
• Build out MLOps infrastructure — model training pipelines, deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD for ML workloads
• Collaborate with the Director of Cloud Engineering and Director of Autonomy to ensure ML systems integrate seamlessly into the broader platform
• Partner with Product and Operations to translate customer needs into ML-driven product capabilities

What You’ll Need

• 10+ years building and scaling production ML or computer vision systems
• 5+ years managing and growing ML engineering teams
• Deep expertise in computer vision: object detection, image segmentation, OCR, and CNN architectures
• Strong Python and PyTorch (or TensorFlow) proficiency, plus a track record of shipping ML models to production at scale
• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (strong industry track record considered in lieu of advanced degree)

Nice to Have

• Experience with drone, robotics, or autonomous systems perception
• Edge ML deployment experience (ONNX, TensorRT, mobile/embedded inference)
• Familiarity with warehouse, logistics, or supply chain domain
• Experience with AWS or GCP ML services (SageMaker, Vertex AI)