About the Role
Axon is seeking highly skilled and innovative Machine Learning Scientists to join its AI team, focusing on AI applications (LLM and Computer Vision) in Cloud, Devices, and Robotics. As a key member of the research and development efforts, you will play a crucial role in advancing the state-of-the-art in Large Language Models (LLMs), Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), Computer Vision, and GenAI technologies for law enforcement and beyond. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge LLM, MLLM, CV models and algorithms and solutions that enable intelligent reasoning, perception, and understanding of multimodal data.
Responsibilities
- Own one or more key technical areas across LLM, MLLM, CV product portfolio.
- Provide technical leadership to junior scientists, guiding the transition of R&D concepts into impactful Axon product features.
- Research and develop cutting-edge techniques in LLM, MLLMs, GenAI, and Computer Vision across cloud, devices, and sensors-based data sources.
- Design and implement efficient and scalable MLLM models for inference and analysis of multimodal data.
- Explore novel approaches to address challenges in NLP, NLU, Object Detection, Object Recognition, Object Tracking, Segmentation, and Scene Understanding.
- Optimize AI models and algorithms for performance, memory footprint, and energy efficiency to meet the requirements of resource-constrained devices.
- Join forces with MLEs or firmware or hardware engineers to leverage hardware accelerators and optimize algorithms for specific hardware architectures.
- Evaluate the performance of LLM, MLLM, CV models using real-world datasets and design experiments to validate their effectiveness.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest research trends and advancements in computer vision, machine learning, deep learning, MLLMs, and GenAI, and integrate relevant findings into projects.
- Contribute to patent disclosures, academic publications, and technical documentation to share insights and findings with the broader community.
- Experience coaching and mentoring junior scientists.
Requirements
- PhD with +8 years of experience for Sr. ML Scientist in Computer Science or a related field with a focus on LLM, MLLMs, Computer Vision, GenAI.
- Proven track record of research excellence in LLM, MLLM, Computer Vision, Robotics Perception, GenAI, demonstrated through publications in top-tier conferences or journals.
- Strong proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C/C++, experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras, and experience with ROS or robotic operational systems.
- Drive one or more phases of the ML development lifecycle: shape datasets, investigate modeling approaches and architectures, train/evaluate/tune models, and implement the end-to-end training pipeline.
- Leverage state-of-the-art research to deliver high-quality models enabling multiple AI projects at scale.
- Contribute back to the research community via academic publications, tech blogs, open-source code, and contributing to internal/external AI challenges.
- Experience in developing computer vision algorithms for resource-constrained devices such as mobile phones, IoT devices, or embedded systems is highly desirable.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.