Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Cosmos Engineering

Nvidia

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TL;DR · Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Cosmos Engineering

The Senior Machine Learning Engineer joins the Metropolis team to develop next-generation solutions powered by Cosmos, a world foundation model platform. This role involves constructing production-quality AI capabilities to address real-world perception and physical AI challenges in intelligent video analytics, smart cities, and industrial automation. Key responsibilities include identifying model performance gaps, generating synthetic data, refining tuning methods, and improving architectures. You will partner with the Cosmos team to prioritize platform features and lead the open-sourcing of research artifacts. Required expertise includes deep learning fundamentals, diffusion models, generative architectures, and experience with large-scale foundation models, vision-language models, and simulation environments like Isaac Sim. You must demonstrate proficiency in training workflows, fine-tuning techniques, and the end-to-end machine learning development and deployment life cycle.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?

Median $235750 from 200 postings across 34 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and deliver Metropolis AI solutions using Cosmos world foundation models for video analytics and physical AI.
  • Identify model performance gaps and develop solutions through synthetic data generation, tuning, and architectural improvements.
  • Partner with the Cosmos team to prioritize and develop new platform features aligned with the Metropolis roadmap.
  • Lead the open-sourcing of research artifacts and solutions to contribute to the broader AI community.
  • Monitor and integrate the latest advances in foundation models, generative architectures, and training methodologies.
  • Coordinate with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to align goals and unblock project execution.

What we're looking for

  • MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of proven experience in applied machine learning or AI research.
  • Deep expertise in deep learning fundamentals, including hands-on experience with diffusion models and generative architectures.
  • Experience in pre-training or refining large language models (LLMs), vision-language models (VLMs), or world foundation models (WFMs).
  • Experience working with large-scale foundation models, including training workflows, fine-tuning techniques, and evaluation approaches.
  • Experience working with simulation environments like Isaac Sim or similar platforms.
  • End-to-end understanding of the ML development and deployment life cycle.
  • Hands-on experience with model compression, quantization, and real-time inference optimization (preferred).

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