Sony AI is seeking a highly motivated, self-driven individual with expertise in Machine Learning Engineering on a permanent contract, where you will work in our Zurich or Tokyo lab, or potentially we can entertain home-based workers in the US.

We’re currently looking for smart, enthusiastic people who want to join our team of world-renowned researchers as we push the boundaries applying AI in support of human creativity. In this role, the successful candidate will contribute to our groundbreaking flagship project in AI for Chip Design.

Learn more about Sony AI here:

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You will:

• Drive projects within the scope of the creation, optimization, and automation of data pipelines
• Automate the storage, re-use, pre-processing, and labeling of data coming from Chip Design
• Explore the state-of-the-art tooling for data science, and be responsible to make them available to the team
• Interface the data tooling pipeline with the application software environment as well as multiple code bases/repositories
• Write reports and give presentations for internal audiences
• Write code to support research, usually in Python, C++, Shell scripting
• Work closely with a team of AI researchers and engineers in the US, Switzerland, and Japan on ambitious AI projects
  
  

You will bring:

• Background in computer science or information systems (M.Sc., Ph.D.) and relevant work experience with a track record of developing solutions
• Extensive work experience post degree
• Competence in training and improving state-of-the-art Machine Learning models
• Extensive knowledge of Hardware Design flow
• Excellent mastering of Python, and frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow
• Experience in managing or mentoring small teams
• Solid programming skills using C++ and Shell scripting
• Practical knowledge of Unix, Linux, Package Management Systems, Databases
• Experience with infrastructure and tooling such as Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD frameworks, benchmarking platforms, unit testing is a plus
• Accomplished projects with existing cloud solutions such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are a plus
• Outstanding oral and written English
  
  

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.