Ai Research And Development Engineer (physical Ai)

Intel Corporation

Netherlands
Not specified; not specified; not specified
Fully remote
Pytorch and pytorch lightning experience
Vision-language-action model implementation
Edge deployment optimization expertise
Intel Corporation is seeking an AI Research and Development Engineer to work on scaling foundation models into the physical world, focusing on robotic intelligence and systems. The position involves building the end-to-end stack for robotic applications as part of Intel’s Open Edge Platform, with an emphasis on open-source development

Job Summary

  • This role focuses on scaling foundation models to the physical world by moving intelligence directly onto real hardware rather than relying solely on simulation.
  • Engineers will implement and fine-tune state-of-the-art Vision-Language-Action policies while ensuring they run reliably on edge accelerators with minimal latency.
  • The position offers the opportunity to build open-source tools under the Apache 2.0 license that bridge high-level reasoning with real-time physical action.

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Intel Corporation is seeking an AI Research and Development Engineer to work on scaling foundation models into the physical world, focusing on robotic intelligence and systems. The position involves building the end-to-end stack for robotic applications as part of Intel’s Open Edge Platform, with an emphasis on open-source development.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • PyTorch and PyTorch Lightning experience
  • Vision-Language-Action model implementation
  • Edge deployment optimization expertise
  • Robotic system integration skills
  • OpenVINO or ONNX Runtime familiarity

Nice-to-have

  • PhD in robotics or machine learning
  • Open-source contribution background
  • Low-level performance profiling skills
  • Hardware-aware optimization knowledge
  • Research paper publication record

Key Requirements

  • Extensive PyTorch distributed training experience
  • Hands-on robotic system experience required
  • Deep understanding of VLA architectures
  • Model export and graph optimization skills
  • Clean modular Python coding ability

Work Rights

Must live and work from Netherlands

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