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Position Overview

The work we do at Autodesk touches nearly every person on the planet. By creating software tools for making buildings, machines, and even the latest movies, we influence and empower some of the most creative people in the world. As a Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Autodesk Research, you will work side-by-side with world-class researchers and engineers to build new ML-powered product features to help our customers imagine, design, and make a better world. You are a software engineer who is passionate about solving problems and building things. You are excited to collaborate with AI researchers to implement generative AI features in Autodesk products.

You will report to a research manager in the Autodesk AI Lab team within Autodesk Research. We are a global team, located in London, San Francisco, Toronto, and remotely. For this role we support both in-person, hybrid, and remote work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on projects at the intersection of research and product with a diverse, global team of researchers and engineers

• Develop new or improve existing ML models used in CAD software

• Process data and analyze feature extractions

• Design solutions based on error analysis

• Present results to collaborators and leadership

• Review relevant AI/ML literature to identify emerging methods, technologies, and best practices

Minimum Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience

• 3+ years of software development experience

• Proficiency with modern deep learning techniques (e.g. Network architectures, regularization techniques, learning techniques, loss-functions, optimization strategies, etc.) as well as frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, Lightning, Ray etc.)

• Experience with deploying machine learning models in production settings

• Experience with version control, reproducibility, and writing reusable, testable code

• Experience with data modeling, architecture, and processing using varied data representations including 2D and 3D geometry

• Experience with cloud services and architectures (e.g. AWS, Azure)

• Excellent written documentation skills to document code, architectures, and experiments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience scaling ML training and data pipelines

• Experience working with distributed systems

• Knowledge of the design, manufacturing, AEC, or media & entertainment industries

• Experience with Autodesk or similar products (CAD, CAE, CAM, etc.)

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About Autodesk

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – our Culture Code is at the core of everything we do. Our values and ways of working help our people thrive and realize their potential, which leads to even better outcomes for our customers.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can be your whole, authentic self and do meaningful work that helps build a better future for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Benefits

From health and financial benefits to time away and everyday wellness, we give Autodeskers the best, so they can do their best work. Learn more about our benefits in the U.S. by visiting https://benefits.autodesk.com/

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Equal Employment Opportunity

At Autodesk, we're building a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture to give more people the chance to imagine, design, and make a better world. Autodesk is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. We also consider for employment all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging and an equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Learn more here: https://www.autodesk.com/company/diversity-and-belonging

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