Applied Science Research Engineer in Robotics

About Mistral

Mistral specializes in comprehensive AI solutions, ranging from cutting-edge models to developer tools and applications, catering to sectors such as finance, manufacturing, defense, healthcare, and public services. They focus on co-creating tailored AI systems that clients can operate independently. The team spans Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East, fostering a creative, collaborative, and low-hierarchy culture driven by a passion for AI innovation.

Position Overview

The Applied Science Research Engineer will focus on robotics, designing, training, and deploying state-of-the-art robotics models including Vision Language Models (VLM) and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for navigation and manipulation tasks. The role involves cross-functional collaboration with internal and external teams to devise impactful AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute model pre-training, post-training, and deployment on large-scale computational clusters.
• Create and curate multimodal datasets (image-text, video-text) and develop benchmarks for perception, navigation, and manipulation tasks.
• Build and maintain tools and frameworks that support data generation, model training, evaluation, and deployment workflows.
• Work collaboratively across teams to solve complex technical challenges.
• Manage research initiatives and maintain communication with client research groups.

Candidate Profile

• Proficiency in English with strong communication capabilities.
• Expert-level experience with PyTorch or JAX frameworks.
• Knowledge of VLM, VLA models, and robotics domains involving perception, navigation, and manipulation, along with experience using simulation environments like Isaac SIM.
• Ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable Python code.
• Self-driven and results-oriented, with an ability to deliver without extensive supervision.
• Collaborative attitude with humility and eagerness to learn.
• Demonstrated success evidenced through projects in professional, academic, or personal contexts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degrees (Master's or PhD) in Robotics, Machine Learning, or related fields.
• Research background in robotic navigation, perception, or manipulation.
• Contributions to significant open-source or industrial codebases.
• Publications in leading academic conferences or journals.
• Interest in enhancing code quality through typing, testing, and continuous integration pipelines.

Benefits

Mistral offers a thorough benefits package tailored to promote employee wellness, career development, and work-life harmony. Benefits vary by location and may cover healthcare, parental leave, retirement plans, relocation assistance, wellness initiatives, meal and transport allowances, among others. Detailed and updated benefit information is available internally.

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