RPI/Blurb is looking to transform how products are created, produced, and delivered worldwide by leveraging advanced ML models to elevate creative user experiences and drive operational efficiency across their manufacturing and production platforms.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs): Familiarity with applying CNNs for visual inspection, defect detection, and creative generation.
- Deep Neural Networks (DNNs): Familiarity with DNN architectures for sensor/time-series/operational data, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead the adoption of supervised/unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, AutoML, and production-scale model deployment as an individual contributor.
- Mastery of Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, OpenCV, plus data engineering for IoT/sensor environments.
- Strong history integrating ML models into complex software and industrial systems.
- Recognized for published research, patents, or open-source contributions in ML/AI communities.
- High-impact IC leadership and execution of ML projects, with measurable improvements in creative or manufacturing efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Set and drive the technical roadmap for machine learning across Blurb/RPI's creation tools and manufacturing systems, always adapting to new challenges and needs in a dynamic environment.
- Own projects from ideation through production-researching, designing, and implementing advanced ML models for creative automation, personalization, automated quality inspection, predictive maintenance, and process optimization.
- Innovate rapidly, prototyping and iterating on ML solutions that bridge creative tools and industrial operations, and help establish best practices for future scale.
- Architect end-to-end ML pipelines, integrating AutoML, reinforcement learning, and MLOps to ensure scalable, sustainable impact.
- Conduct groundbreaking research in generative AI, computer vision, and predictive analytics, publishing new methods and results when possible.
- Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve deployed models, delivering actionable, data-driven change company-wide.
- Architect AI-powered design generation, layout optimization, image enhancement, and smart content suggestions.
Other
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and company leadership, influencing strategy and culture as a trusted expert and thought partner.
- As an individual contributor, provide technical expertise, guidance, and mentorship without direct reports-empowering others through strong collaboration.
- Represent Blurb/RPI in external AI forums, conferences, and partnerships, articulating our mission, ambition, and technical innovation.
- Excellent communication, influence, and collaboration skills.
- Hybrid: 1-3 days per week in Seattle office; remote/flexible otherwise.
