Scout AI is developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, to empower U.S. forces with advanced autonomous capabilities. The AI Engineer will work on building next-generation autonomous systems, focusing on perception, reasoning, and control across various applications.
Responsibilities :
• Design, train, and evaluate state-of-the-art VLA models for robotic systems
• Implement scalable architectures for multimodal model fusion, continual learning, and domain adaptation
• Develop dynamic memory, communication, and tool use faculties for AI agents
• Translate foundational research into deployable, real-time perception and decision-making systems
• Collaborate across engineering, robotics, and mission teams to integrate ML pipelines with onboard autonomy
• Develop and maintain codebases for training, simulation, and real-world inference
• Conduct experiments to benchmark performance and robustness in diverse, unstructured environments
• Track, digest, and incorporate breakthroughs from the latest literature in VLMs, RL, CV, and autonomous agents
• Support field trials and mission operations to validate model performance under real-world constraints
Qualifications :
Required :
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI models, ideally in agentic AI, robotics, autonomous systems, or real-time applications
• Strong background in computer vision, deep learning, or multimodal architectures (VLMs, transformers, or agents)
• Proficiency in Python and frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow; bonus for JAX, CUDA, or real-time inference experience
• Solid grasp of modern model training techniques including distributed training, fine-tuning, and reinforcement learning
• Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science, AI, or related technical field, MS/PhD preferred
• Demonstrated ability to take research from prototype to product in fast-moving environments
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
Preferred :
• Experience with embodied AI systems or mission-oriented deployments (DoD, aerospace, robotics)
Company :
Scout AI is a frontier AI lab for U.S. defense. Founded in 2024, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, US, , with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.