Senior Machine Learning Engineer

The work we do at Autodesk touches nearly every person on the planet. By creating software tools for making buildings, machines, and even the latest movies, we influence and empower some of the most creative people in the world.

As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Autodesk Research, you will work side‑by‑side with world‑class researchers and engineers to build new ML‑powered product features that help our customers imagine, design, and make a better world. You are a software engineer who is passionate about solving problems and building things, and excited to collaborate with AI researchers to implement generative AI features in Autodesk products. You will report to a research manager in the Autodesk Model Delivery team within Autodesk Research. We are a global team located in London, San Francisco, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and remote locations. For this role, we support in‑person, hybrid, and remote work arrangements within commuting distance to one of our offices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on projects at the intersection of research and product with a diverse, global team of researchers and engineers
• Develop, finetune, and optimize foundation models (LLMs, diffusion models, multimodal models) on large‑scale datasets for CAD/design applications
• Develop new or improve existing ML models used in CAD software
• Process data and analyze feature extractions and model behaviours
• Design solutions based on error analysis and model performance evaluation
• Present results to collaborators, stakeholders and leadership across research and engineering teams
• Review relevant AI/ML literature to identify emerging methods, technologies, and best practices
• Partner with research teams to transition cutting‑edge models into production systems
• Monitor and improve model performance in production environments

Minimum Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Computer Science or related fields
• 3+ years of deep learning model development and deployment in production scenarios
• Proficiency with modern deep learning techniques (e.g., deep learning model architectures, regularization techniques, learning techniques, loss functions, optimization strategies, etc.) and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Lightning, Ray, etc.)
• Experience with version control, reproducibility, and writing reusable, testable code
• Experience with data modelling, architecture, and processing using varied data representations, including 2D and 3D geometry
• Experience with cloud services and architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Excellent written documentation skills to document code, architectures, and experiments

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with foundation models, including LLMs, diffusion models, and multimodal models (e.g., CLIP, BLIP) with pretraining and post‑training methods
• Experience with distributed training frameworks and techniques (e.g., DDP, FSDP, DeepSpeed, Megatron)
• Experience optimizing inference performance and latency for production systems
• Experience working across research and engineering teams to productionize cutting‑edge research
• Knowledge of the design, manufacturing, AEC, or media & entertainment industries
• Experience with Autodesk or similar products (CAD, CAE, CAM, etc.)
• Contributions to open‑source ML projects or published research in top‑tier venues

Welcome to Autodesk! Amazing things are created every day with our software – from the greenest buildings and cleanest cars to the smartest factories and biggest hit movies. We help innovators turn their ideas into reality, transforming not only how things are made, but what can be made.

We take great pride in our culture here at Autodesk – it’s at the core of everything we do. Our culture guides the way we work and treat each other, informs how we connect with customers and partners, and defines how we show up in the world.

When you’re an Autodesker, you can do meaningful work that helps build a better world designed and made for all. Ready to shape the world and your future? Join us!

Salary Transparency

Salary is one part of Autodesk’s competitive compensation package. For Canada-BC based roles, we expect a starting base salary between $123,000 and $180,400. Offers are based on the candidate’s experience and geographic location, and may exceed this range. In addition to base salaries, our compensation package may include annual cash bonuses, commissions for sales roles, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Diversity & Belonging

We take pride in cultivating a culture of belonging where everyone can thrive.