AI Research Engineer

Panasonic North America is hiring an AI Research Engineer to develop physical AI technology, especially for manufacturing. The role researches and implements machine-learning algorithms, builds and evaluates models and software, and helps transition research into prototypes and production applications.

What you'll do:

• Develop effective techniques and infrastructure, from the initial idea to the running prototype and product
• Write code, use the latest machine learning tools, run experiments, and generally develop techniques and processes to enable intelligent abilities on industrial applications
• Partner with teams across the company to implement your ideas into their products
• Remain connected to the broader research community by partnering with internal and external collaborators and participating in relevant conferences
• Work on research and development to address the company’s key challenges
• Present findings in an accessible way to teams across the company and external science community
• Visualize and explain the work through presentations and notebooks
• Work with other teams including business division to accelerate AI application in company-wide business processes
• Participate in publication, patent, and conference activities alongside senior research staff
• Write, test and maintain production-quality code
• Works under the guidance of senior researchers to design, evaluate, and refine machine-learning models
• Contributes technical expertise to ongoing research initiatives and supports the transition of research outcomes into prototypes and production environments

What they're looking for:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Data Science, Applied Math or related discipline
• AI and robotics research experience in academia or industry
• Familiarity with deep learning libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.)
• Demonstrated research experience through academic projects, publications, patents, or industry innovation activities
• Good oral and written communication and teamwork skills
• Worked with general ML libraries and toolkits
• Experience working in multidisciplinary scientific collaboration
• Experience with accelerators (GPU) and high-performance computing systems
• Excellent programming skills in Python, C++, Tensorflow, PyTorch or similar languages
• Internships/work experience with machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning
• Background in machine learning techniques with large amounts of noisy or partially missing data, curiosity in applying it to industrial applications
• Experience with cloud environments and multi-machine setups

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
• Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
• Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
• High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition.
• Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.