Director of Applied Science, Machine Learning

Company: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: September 18, 2020

Job Description:

Sr. Director of Applied Science, Machine Learning Company: Axon Enterprise, Inc.

Location: Seattle

Posted on: September 13, 2020

Job Description:

Sr. Director of Applied Science, Machine Learning Seattle,Washington /

Software Engineering – Artificial Intelligence /

We’re out to make the world a safer place by solving bigproblems and taking on the public safety challenges of our time.From our company's inception building the TASER device to a fullsuite of hardware and software solutions, we are focused onproviding police agencies with the state-of-the-art devices andservices they need to successfully serve and protect us. In thenext few years, we're going to eliminate the burden of paperwork inpolicing, so officers can increase the time they spend buildingrelationships and serving in their communities. We’ll put video atthe heart of the police record so our justice system can get to thetruth faster. And we won't stop innovating until the bullet isrendered obsolete.

It’s a big mission, but it’s one we’ll pursue relentlessly everysingle day.

Your Impact

As the Sr. Director of Applied Science you will report directlyto Axon’s SVP of AI and be a critical member of the AI Leadershipteam. You will be responsible for leading a range of appliedscience initiatives across Machine Learning, Computer Vision (CV),Natural Language Understanding (NLU), and other domains to harnessAxon’s vast and growing network of sensors, signals, and data toprovide measurably differentiated outcomes for our public safetycustomers and the communities they serve.

As a machine learning science thought leader and key partner inAxon’s product and technology organization, you will identify keystrategic opportunities and define, grow, lead, and retain aworld-class team of scientists, engineers and researchers. Theideal candidate will have a proven scientific background and aconsistent track record of success with hands-on execution anddemonstrated ability to manage AI teams. You will activelycollaborate with peer engineering and product teams to ship andoperate services at scale.

We need someone willing to be fearless and more than willing totake on bold challenges. By accelerating adoption of ourtechnologies, you'll help protect life in public safety forofficers and the communities they serve around the world.

Your Day-to-Day Operate as a thought leader and visionary, withthe ability to guide, influence and inspire peak performance,innovation and adoption of AI-enabled technologies across the Axonvalue chain

Grow and lead a world-class team of research scientists thatdeliver novel, strategic AI solutions with diverse,industry-leading skills in deep learning, computer vision, naturallanguage processing and more

Collaborate with tech and product teams on sourcing data andmodel building strategies from experimentation and implementationto deployment and continuous improvement

Bring your industry, research expertise and deep knowledge ofthe state-of-the-art in your field to challenge existingassumptions and introduce new machine learning algorithms,statistical approachers and training workflows

Develop a collaborative and inclusive team that fosters aculture of ownership, experimentation, and innovation while joiningforces with product teams to deliver working solutions for ourCustomers

Required Skills & Professional Experience A Ph.D. Degree inComputer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematicsor an equivalent highly technical field

7+ years of modeling experience in one or more the followingareas: Natural Language Processing/Understanding (NLP/NLU),Computer Vision (CV) and Acoustic Event Detection

4+ years in a leadership/management role; with a solid trackrecord capable of building and leading science teams

Hands on experience developing, scaling and implementing machinelearning using relevant programming languages (such as Python),state of the art deep learning frameworks and big data tools

Working knowledge of advanced ML techniques: Multi-taskLearning, Transfer Learning, Reinforcement Learning as well asUnsupervised and Semi-supervised Learning

Track record of publications and contributions to the machinelearning community at large

Experience with designing and shipping software products thatleverage machine learning at scale

Excellent problem solving skills and ability to dive intolearning algorithms, evaluation metrics, model architecture, code,test plans, project plans, deployments and operations

Comfort communicating and interacting with scientists, engineersand product managers as well as understanding and translating thescience of AI and Machine Learning to a more general audience

Preferred Qualifications 9+ years of modeling experience in theareas of NLP, CV, Sensor Fusion and Acoustic Event Detection

Demonstrated knowledge and experience with distributed machinelearning and deploying models at scale in cloud environments (suchas AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud)

Familiarity with IoT/Edge AI and optimizing ML models to runon-device with constrained compute, power and latency budgets

Previous Experience leading multiple geographically distributedteams

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Robust parental leave policy

An award-winning office/working environment

Ride along with police officers to see them use our technologyand get inspired

And more...

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at ourcompany. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion,color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, maritalstatus, veteran status, or disability status.

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