Senior Staff Machine Learning Researcher

2 months ago


Toronto, Canada Ocado Logistics Full time

Senior Staff Machine Learning Researcher

About Us

Our teams at Ocado Group plc. are putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million-pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.

About the Role

Our robotic technology blends artificial intelligence, computer vision, and advanced sensing to automate the picking and packing process. Robotic arms make smart decisions on the fly, packing grocery items densely into bags without any prior knowledge of what the products are or what’s coming next. By integrating seamlessly with the technology in The Hive, customer orders can be fulfilled without human touch. In this role, you will help us identify cutting-edge technologies to explore, propose and execute on research projects, and ultimately integrate them into our product.

Every day will bring new and exciting challenges on the job while you:

Develop, evaluate and optimize algorithms related to the production of advanced robotic productsExpand product capabilities and enhance performance by leveraging high-volume production data through cutting-edge machine learningCollaborate with data and engineering teams to transition ideas from lab to productionContribute to the technology roadmap, setting goals and timelines for AI research and developmentBuild and advise on the use of tooling for tasks such as training pipelines, data curation and analysis, labelling, etc.Establish and uphold best-practice standards in ML research, MLOps, and technology readinessMentor, grow, and motivate junior team members, interns, and peers

What you bring:

Wealth of experience in machine learning, robotics, and optimizationDemonstrated ability to conduct research and work with a development team to bring it to production in a timely mannerDeep understanding of learning-based algorithms for sensing and acting and their application to robotic systems, such as vision-based detection, imitation learning, and deep reinforcement learning Ability to plan and deliver cutting edge research projects, advocating to stakeholders of diverse professional backgrounds and balancing investment of resources against potential business valueStrong teamwork, communication, knowledge sharing, and mentoring skillsProficiency understanding adjacent domains (robotics, SW, HW) and how they come together to deliver product value5+ years of experience programming with Python (PyTorch, JAX, HuggingFace, ClearML, etc.) or C++ in a professional capacity

Bonus qualifications:

Master's or Doctorate degree in engineering with a focus in deep learning, reinforcement learning, robotics or similar experienceExperience with adaptive, optimal, and learning-based control for robotic manipulation Familiarity with robotic applications that involve contact with the environment and manipulationExperience working with robotic sensors such as cameras and force sensors, and using them to model/reason about the environmentExperience with Google Cloud ML tools such as Vertex-AI or equivalent (Azure, Sagemaker)Experience with robotic software such as ROS 2Experience with CUDA or equivalent

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