Applied Researcher

Aurora is dedicated to delivering self-driving technology and is seeking a PhD-level Applied Researcher to focus on Vision-Language-Action models. The role involves architectural exploration, technical mentorship, and practical implementation of innovative solutions in a high-performance computing environment.

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