Senior Machine Learning Platform Engineer

FieldAI’s Irvine team is where embodied AI meets real robots, real sensors, and real field deployments. Based in the heart of Southern California’s robotics ecosystem, we build risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems that solve the hardest problems in robotics and unlock the full potential of embodied intelligence. If you want your work to ship, get tested on hardware, and improve through real deployments, Irvine is the place. We go beyond typical data-driven approaches or pure transformer-only architectures, combining rigorous engineering with learning systems proven in globally deployed solutions that deliver results today and get better every time our robots run in the field.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Design and manage scalable ML infrastructure

with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)

• Develop and optimize cloud-based pipelines

for training, evaluation, and inference on multimodal datasets

• Build and operate data systems

for large-scale video ingestion, indexing, and storage

• Maintain MLOps workflows

for versioning, experiment tracking, reproducibility, and CI/CD

• Ensure reliability and observability

with monitoring, logging, and alerting

• Collaborate with AI/ML Engineers

to productionize workflows

• Optimize infrastructure

for performance and cost across cloud and edge

• Enforce best practices

in security, compliance, and maintainability

• Mentor and manage junior engineers

, providing technical guidance and career development

What You Have:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 4\+ years of industry experience

in ML infrastructure or platform engineering

• Strong coding skills in

Python/TypeScript

and a strong foundation in software engineering best practices

• Proven experience with

distributed systems

,

cloud platforms

(AWS preferred),

containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS, Ray)

, and serverless

• Hands-on experience building

ML pipelines

for distributed training and large-scale inference

• Strong knowledge of

data management at scale

, including preprocessing and retrieval of video/image datasets

• Proficiency with

CI/CD pipelines

,

infrastructure-as-code

(Terraform, CloudFormation), and automation

• Familiarity with

MLOps tools

(MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow)

• Experience with

system monitoring and observability

in production

The Extras That Set You Apart:

• Experience with

vector databases

(OpenSearch, Pinecone, Weaviate) for indexing and retrieval

• Familiarity with

distributed training frameworks

(Horovod, DDP/FSDP, DeepSpeed, Ray)

• Hands-on experience with

GPU orchestration and auto-scaling

(Karpenter, SageMaker, EKS)

• Experience with

agentic AI deployment workflows

, orchestration frameworks, and retrieval-augmented generation

• Strong knowledge of

security and compliance

in ML and cloud environments

Our salary range is generous and we consider each individual’s background and experience when determining final compensation. Base pay may vary based on role scope, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the Irvine, California market.

Why Join FieldAI in Irvine?

In Irvine, you will work where the robots are. Our local team builds and tests systems on real hardware with real sensors, then ships them to operate in unstructured, previously unknown environments around the world. We are solving one of robotics’ hardest challenges: reliable deployment outside the lab. Our Field Foundational Models™ raise the bar for perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, with an emphasis on explainability and safety for real-world use.

You will collaborate with a world-class team that thrives on creativity, resilience, and bold thinking. We bring deep experience from organizations such as DeepMind, NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, Amazon, Tesla Autopilot, Cruise, Zoox, Toyota Research Institute, and SpaceX, along with a track record of field deployments and strong performance in DARPA challenge segments.

Be Part of the Next Robotics Revolution

We are looking for builders who want their work to leave the whiteboard and show up on robots. If you enjoy tackling tough, uncharted questions and working across disciplines, you will find your people here. Our teams span AI, software, robotics engineering, product, field deployment, and technical communication, all focused on shipping systems that perform in the real world.

Our headquarters is in Irvine, and we partner closely with teams there as well as colleagues across the US and around the world. Join us in Southern California and help define what dependable, field-ready autonomy looks like.

We value diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We evaluate candidates and employees based on merit, qualifications, and performance, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected statu

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.