Mind Robotics

Model Systems Engineer

Mind Robotics · Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA Closed
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Type
Full-time
Experience
7+ yr

THE ROLE

At Mind Robotics, we’re building generalized physical AI—robotic systems capable of dexterous, adaptive, and reasoning-intensive work in real-world industrial environments. Our ability to iterate quickly on large-scale models depends on world-class ML infrastructure.

We’re looking for a Model Systems Engineer to build the core systems that enable fast, reliable, and scalable model training—powering everything from experimentation to production deployment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design and implement scalable systems for training large ML models
  • Enable efficient workflows for data ingestion, training, and iteration
  • Develop and optimize distributed training systems across hundreds of GPUs
  • Implement strategies for parallelization, sharding, and efficient compute utilization
  • Improve training efficiency through techniques such as attention optimizations, kernel fusion, and memory management
  • Partner closely with modeling teams to accelerate iteration speed and reduce training costs
  • Build internal tools for experiment tracking, monitoring, and debugging
  • Implement systems for tracking training performance, failures, and resource utilization
  • Debug and resolve bottlenecks across the training stack
  • Provide lightweight infrastructure support for deploying and running models in production environments
  • Optimize inference performance and reliability where needed
  • Support core cloud infrastructure needs for training workloads (without heavy DevOps overhead)
  • Manage compute resources efficiently across training jobs

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong experience building infrastructure for large-scale ML training
  • Deep understanding of how modern LLM/VLM systems are trained and scaled
  • Proven experience setting up and scaling distributed training across hundreds of GPUs
  • Strong understanding of parallelization strategies (data, model, pipeline parallelism)
  • Strong proficiency in Python programming
  • Expert-level proficiency in PyTorch and/or JAX
  • Strong understanding of techniques like attention optimization, kernel fusion, and efficient memory usage

NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience supporting inference systems in production
  • Familiarity with robotics or embodied AI workloads
  • Experience building tools for experiment management and researcher productivity
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