AI Research Scientist (Control Theory)
Overview
Phaidra is building the future of industrial automation. The world today is filled with static, monolithic infrastructure. Factories, power plants, buildings, etc. operate the same they've operated for decades — because the controls programming is hard-coded. Thousands of lines of rules and heuristics that define how the machines interact with each other. The result of all this hard-coding is that facilities are frozen in time, unable to adapt to their environment while their performance slowly degrades. Phaidra creates AI-powered control systems for the industrial sector, enabling industrial facilities to automatically learn and improve over time.
Job Description
Phaidra is based in the USA but 100% remote; we do not have a physical office. We hire employees internationally with the help of our partner, OysterHR. Our team is currently located throughout the USA, Canada, UK, Norway, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Singapore, and India.
Responsibilities
- - Design, implement and evaluate models, agents and software prototypes of perceptual processing
- - Report and present research findings and developments including status and results clearly and efficiently both internally and externally, verbally and in writing
- - Participate in and organize ambitious collaborative research projects
- - Work with external collaborators and maintain relationships with relevant research labs and key individuals as appropriate
- - Mentor and guide Research Engineers to apply research findings and developments to industrial domains
Required Skills
- - PhD in a technical field or equivalent practical experience, with demonstrated knowledge in one of the following: Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Control Theory, Multi-Agent RL
- - Extensive research in the fields of (Model-Based, Model-Free, Safe) RL, Control Theory
- - Share our company values: curiosity, ownership, transparency & directness, outcome-based performance, and customer empathy
- - A proven track record of publications
- - A real passion for AI and applying to industrial systems to improve resource efficiency
Benefits
- - Fast-paced and team-oriented environment where you will be instrumental in the direction of the company
- - Phaidra is a 100% remote company with a digital nomad policy
- - Competitive compensation & equity
- - Outsized responsibilities & professional development
- - Training is foundational; functional, customer immersion, and development training
- - Medical, dental, and vision insurance (exact benefits vary by region)
- - Unlimited paid time off, with a minimum of 20 days off per year requirement
- - Paid parental leave (exact benefits vary by region)
- - Home office setup allowance, coworking space stipend, and company MacBook
About the company
Phaidra provides artificial intelligence controls to optimize mission critical facilities. Our closed-loop AI control service helps your operations team deliver step function improvements in plant stability, energy efficiency and sustainability.