Machine Learning Engineer, Robotics at XPENG in Santa Clara, CA

Summary: XPENG is a leading smart technology company at the forefront of innovation, integrating advanced AI and autonomous driving technologies into its vehicles. They are looking for passionate machine learning engineers to develop robotics technology and influence product development. Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain machine learning models (e.g. VLM, VLA, RL, etc.) training and deployment pipelines that could scale to massive production - Work on efficient foundation models (e.g. small LLMs, weight sharing, model quantization, etc.) that can be deployed locally in humanoid robots - Work on efficient and effective ways to generate/leverage large scale dataset and computational resource - Explore novel ways to generate synthetic data to improve the data diversity & quality - Communicate and align with different teams on product needs across the company Required Qualifications: - Strong python programming skills & software development, and strong experience with any major deep learning framework - Solid background in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, speech or data science - Open-minded, collaborative & humble personality Preferred Qualifications: - Deep understanding of multimodal LLM modern architectures, 'under the hood' LLM training knowledge, quantization techniques, etc - Record of publications, innovations or leadership Required Skills: Python programming, Software development, Deep learning frameworks, Machine learning, Natural language processing, Computer vision, Speech processing, Data science, Multimodal large language models, LLM training, Model quantization, Humility Benefits: Competitive compensation package & benefits, Snacks, lunches, and fun activities