Applied Researcher

Aurora is a company focused on delivering self-driving technology safely and efficiently. They are seeking a PhD graduate to explore and innovate Vision-Language-Action models, bridging the gap between theory and practical applications while mentoring a talented engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Architectural Exploration: Deep dive into VLM/VLA architectures to determine their viability for our specific problem sets
• Technical Mentorship: Act as the subject matter expert and guide for an exceptionally capable engineering team eager to move into this space
• Practical Implementation: Bridge the gap between high-level academic theory and practical, scalable applications
• Innovation: Redesign and optimize model architectures to leverage high-performance computing environments like Aurora