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AI Residency

San Carlos, CA. Posted 5 months ago

The role

Residents work on high-impact AI and robotics problems including simulation infrastructure, data management, model evaluation, and capability deployment. You will apply research-level ideas to production impact to make NEO smarter.

What you will do

  • Apply research-level ideas to production impact
  • Build or improve components of the data engine
  • Scale solutions using fleet data
  • Deploy at least one new capability or infrastructure improvement to robots at customer sites

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Proficiency with large Python codebases
  • Experience writing tests
  • Familiarity with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX)
  • Demonstrated ability to prototype ideas independently and rapidly

Nice to have

  • graduate students in ML or robotics
  • portfolio of projects, research, or open-source work
  • Experience training large-scale ML models (visual foundation models, LLMs, generative models) or publishing at top ML conferences
  • Experience with systems programming and scalable data infrastructure
  • Familiarity with robotics simulation platforms (Isaac Sim, MuJoCo) or robot middleware (ROS)
  • Prior research or engineering experience at the intersection of AI and physical systems

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid time off and holidays

About the company

1X is building humanoid robots that work in home to do chores and handle tasks. They are developing NEO, a flagship home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world.