Python
Senior ML Applications Engineer
Overview
Phaidra is building the future of industrial automation with AI-powered control systems for the industrial sector.
Job Description
Phaidra creates AI-powered control systems for the industrial sector, enabling industrial facilities to automatically learn and improve over time. They use reinforcement learning algorithms to convert raw sensor data into high-value actions and decisions, focusing on industrial applications.
Responsibilities
- - Wear different hats: Software Engineer, Controls Engineer, Data scientist, ML engineer, Solutions Engineer
- - Deeply understand the capabilities and tools offered by Phaidra’s internal platform
- - Work with all teams across Phaidra to build the right solutions for new customer applications
- - Lead the onboarding and maintenance of agents that control the industrial facilities of our customers
- - Lead the development of tooling prototypes to make onboarding and maintaining agents simpler and more scalable
- - Maintain clear and concise documentation of your research, communications, and actions
- - Participate in making decisions for the medium-long term vision impacting MLAE and Phaidra
- - Mentor peers and delegate tasks within the team, owning the project delivery
Required Skills
- - 6+ years of progressive relevant work experience
- - Previous experience in leading projects
- - Previous experience as a Software Engineer, Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer in an industrial controls or process engineering environment
- - Understanding of ML concepts and ability to reason about systems with non-deterministic components
- - Understanding of industrial processing systems, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, etc.
- - Fluency in a high level programming language, preferably Python
- - Natural curiosity; desire to learn, go deep and problem-solve in new domains
- - Exceptional organizational and communications skills
- - Alignment with Phaidra’s values: transparency, collaboration, operational excellence, ownership, empathy
Benefits
- - Fast-paced and team-oriented environment
- - 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.