Staff Gen AI Research Scientist

Anduril Industries is a defence technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

We are seeking a Staff Gen AI Research Scientist to serve as a founding ML expert on our team. In this role, you will design, fine-tune, and deploy the next generation of generative AI, LLMs, and agentic systems that power our air-dominance platforms and collaborative autonomous behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Build & Fine-Tune Core Models: Develop, pre-train, and fine-tune in-house LLMs and multimodal foundation models.
• Deploy at the Edge: Architect and optimise models to run directly on tactical edge compute and power-constrained hardware onboard physical assets.
• Develop Agentic Workflows: Design and implement robust agentic architectures, multi-agent coordination frameworks, and planning loops for complex, multi-domain military missions.
• Drive Multimodal Sensor Integration: Collaborate closely with computer vision, perception, and motion planning teams to build systems capable of reasoning over diverse modalities.
• Shape Data & Evaluation Strategies: Define and execute data collection strategies across physical assets, test sites, and virtual simulations.
• Rapid Prototyping to Production: Build early-stage prototypes alongside customers, quickly iterate on feedback, and scale those prototypes into production-grade features deployed across our family of systems.

Requirements

• Core Engineering Strength: Strong production-level coding skills in Python and deep learning frameworks (like PyTorch or JAX).
• ML & LLM Expertise: Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, and evaluating LLMs, Generative AI, or multimodal models.
• Solid Foundation: A strong background in a classical technical discipline (Computer Vision, NLP, Robotics, or Speech) with 2+ years of dedicated experience focusing on generative models and modern transformer architectures.
• Tooling Familiarity: Experience using modern model training, alignment, and orchestration tools (e.g., Axolotl, Hugging Face, DeepSpeed, Megatron-LM, LangChain, or LlamaIndex).
• Problem-Solving & Adaptability: Ability to operate comfortably in a fast-paced environment, moving from ambiguous mission requirements to concrete code and functional prototypes.
• Academic/Industry Background: Degree (B.S., M.S., or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics, Physics, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Clearance Eligibility: Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive health, recovery, and support
• Salary range: $220,000-$292,000 USD