Research Engineer

Helm.ai

Research Engineer applying techniques to enhance AI models and exploring novel research directions. Collaborating with engineers to tackle complex AI challenges in the autonomous vehicle industry.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 CA$150,000 - CA$250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonPyTorchTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Apply and extend the Helm proprietary algorithmic toolkit for unsupervised learning and perception problems at scale
Carefully execute development and maintenance of tools used for deep learning experiments designed to provide new functionality for customers or address relevant corner cases in the system as a whole
Work closely with software and autonomous vehicle engineers to deploy algorithms on internal and customer vehicle platforms

Requirements

What you’ll need

A sense of practical optimism: not all experiments are successful, but the ones that are more than make up for it!
Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment to deliver customer projects
Introspection, thoughtfulness, and detail-orientation
Experience working with neural networks, Tensorflow and/or PyTorch
Fluency in Python and working knowledge of C/C++ programming
A strong interest in unsupervised learning, computer vision, and/or the autonomous vehicle industry
Master’s or Ph.D. in a related field and/or 5+ years of experience in a related field

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive health insurance options
401K plan management
Free lunch and fully-stocked kitchen in our South Bay office
Additional perks: monthly wellness stipend, office set up allowance, company retreats, and more to come as we scale
The opportunity to work on one of the most interesting, impactful problems of the decade

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Hard Skills & Tools

neural networksTensorFlowPyTorchPythonC/C++unsupervised learningcomputer vision

Soft Skills

practical optimismdetail-orientationintrospectionthoughtfulnesscomfort in fast-paced environment

Certifications

Master’s degreePh.D.