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Senior Staff ML Engineer, Spot
Waltham Office (POST)
Actively hiring, first seen by us 6 days ago- Pay
$175,000–215,000/year · Base — pay source
We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position. The base pay range for this position is between $175,000 to $215,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
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Before you apply
- Work authorization
- Must already have the right to work in the US
We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States
What you’ll work on
Full postingResearch, prototype and deploy models on multimodal robotic sensor data
Establish methods for evaluating inspection model performance
Curate datasets for model training, fine-tuning and evaluation
Improve model performance through fine-tuning, model selection and prompt engineering
From the employer’s posting
Research, prototype, and deploy models leveraging multimodal data from robotic sensors
Establish effective methods of evaluating inspection model performance.
Curate datasets to be used in model training, fine-tuning and evaluation.
Identify and employ model performance improvement strategies - e.g. fine tuning, model selection, and prompt engineering.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Experience training, fine-tuning and applying state of the art generative AI models
- Proficiency in Python and common ML tools, architectures and workflows
- Ability to track state of the art and identify product applications
Preferred experience
- Focus on computer vision tasks
Qualification wording
Experience training, fine tuning, and applying state of the art generative ai models.
Proficiency in python and experience with common ML tools, architectures and workflows.
Ability to track the current state of the art, and identify opportunities for product applications.
Preferably focused on computer vision tasks.
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 6 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
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- Live
- First seen by us
- Nov 7, 20266 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 7
- Last seen by us
- Nov 13, 2026
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Day 6
Early. Similar jobs usually come down between day 8 and day 76.
At Bostondynamics, jobs usually come down by about day 54.
From 5,460 similar postings that came down, and 8 of Bostondynamics’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
Bostondynamics is hiring
10 open jobs
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- Takes jobs down at a usual pace
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- Experience training, fine tuning, and applying state of the art generative ai models. Preferably focused on computer vision tasks. - Proficiency in python and experience with common ML tools, architectures and workflows. - Ability to track the current state of the art, and identify opportunities for product applications.
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About the role
We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.
Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.
A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.
US government figures for computer and information research scientists
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $140,300
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for ML engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information research scientists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.
Job description
Boston Dynamics is building the world’s most advanced robots. The Spot robot performs inspections on thousands of sites around the world, helping customers to inspect, operate and optimize their industrial facilities.
Boston Dynamics is uniquely positioned to capture millions of multimodal datapoints from within industrial environments. This data feeds into the Orbit intelligent automation platform, coordinating robot fleets on hundreds of sites today.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to design, build, and continuously improve Orbit’s machine learning systems.
In this role you will:
- Research, prototype, and deploy models leveraging multimodal data from robotic sensors to extract useful site information - anomalous machine states, object classification.
- Establish effective methods of evaluating inspection model performance.
- Curate datasets to be used in model training, fine-tuning and evaluation.
- Identify and employ model performance improvement strategies - e.g. fine tuning, model selection, and prompt engineering.
You will be a part of the OrbitAI team within the Spot organization. Here you will work alongside full stack engineers and in close coordination with product management and design. You will be supported by ml platform engineers, and collaborate with researchers across Boston Dynamics.
To succeed in this role you should have the following skills and experience:
- BS and 8+ years of experience, or MS and 5+ years of industry experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, or a related field.
- Experience training, fine tuning, and applying state of the art generative ai models. Preferably focused on computer vision tasks.
- Proficiency in python and experience with common ML tools, architectures and workflows.
- Ability to track the current state of the art, and identify opportunities for product applications.
- A willingness to dive deep into challenging problems in computer vision, develop creative customer-focused solutions in collaboration with teammates, and clearly communicate findings.
We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position.
The base pay range for this position is between $175,000 to $215,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
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- Pay
We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position. The base pay range for this position is between $175,000 to $215,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
- Location & working pattern
Waltham Office (POST)
- A willingness to dive deep into challenging problems in computer vision, develop creative customer-focused solutions in collaboration with teammates, and clearly communicate findings. We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position. The base pay range for this position is between $175,000 to $215,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.
- Work authorization
- A willingness to dive deep into challenging problems in computer vision, develop creative customer-focused solutions in collaboration with teammates, and clearly communicate findings. We are interested in all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position. The base pay range for this position is between $175,000 to $215,000 annually. Base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors including, but not limited to internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience. This range represents a good faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure. Additional details regarding these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer for employment.