Machine Learning Engineer

Founded in 2015, Acubed is the Silicon Valley innovation center of Airbus. As a global leader in aerospace, Airbus aims to make things fly. Our mission is to provide a lens into the future for the industry, transforming risk into opportunity to build the future of flight now.

At Acubed, we strive to propel innovation to market faster, broaden the talent pool in emerging aerospace careers and simultaneously help drive a culture change across Airbus.

Founded in 2015, Acubed is the Silicon Valley innovation center of Airbus. As a global leader in aerospace, Airbus aims to make things fly. Our mission is to provide a lens into the future for the industry, transforming risk into opportunity to build the future of flight now. At Acubed, we strive to propel innovation to market faster, broaden the talent pool in emerging aerospace careers and simultaneously help drive a culture change across Airbus.

WAYFINDER

Our Wayfinder team is building scalable, certifiable autonomy systems to power the next generation of commercial aircraft. Our team of experts is driving the maturation of machine learning and other core technologies for autonomous flight; we are creating a reference architecture that includes hardware, software, and a data-driven development process to allow aircraft to perceive and react to their environment. Autonomous flight is transforming the transportation industry, and our team is at the heart of this revolution.

The Opportunity/Role Description

As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models and systems that enable autonomous aircraft capabilities.

Role Responsibilities

• Develop cutting-edge ML models and software for AI-based flight capabilities in commercial aircraft
• Conduct rigorous evaluations of ML models, assessing effectiveness, efficiency
• Write high quality, product level code that is easy to maintain and test following standard methodologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate ML solutions into scalable, certifiable systems

Qualifications

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related discipline, OR a Bachelor’s degree with 2+ years of applicable industry experience in CV/ML perception software engineering.
• Experience in developing on or using deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, etc.)
• Experience in deploying ML models to production
• Extensive experience in Python
• Strong communication skills and presentation abilities

Nice to Have

• Passion for aviation and autonomous systems
• Experience with LLM, RAG, RL, and other emerging ML technologies
• Proficiency in C+

Compensation:

The estimated salary range for this position is $151,000 to $185,000 annually. Enjoy comprehensive benefits: health insurance, paid time off, holidays, 401(k), Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account, Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan, flight training, and more.

Experience flexibility with our hybrid work model, which includes three days in the office to foster collaboration and innovation while allowing for remote work options. Additionally, employees can work remotely—inside or outside the U.S.—for up to 31 days per year.

Why Join Us?

Be a part of a dynamic team that values creativity, collaboration, innovation and problem solving. At Acubed, your contributions will directly impact our digital future. We welcome diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment.

Acubed is committed to creating a fair and equitable workplace for all. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities.

Acubed Requirements

All job offers at Acubed are contingent upon the candidate passing references, background and export control checks.

* Please Note that Acubed does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.