{"id":1248187,"url":"https://alion.io/job/andromeda-surgical-machine-learning-engineer","title":"Machine Learning Engineer","company":{"id":5650,"name":"Andromeda Surgical","domain":"andromedasurgical.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/andromeda-surgical","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Work at a Startup","truth_index":null},"role":"AI/ML","role_family":"AI/ML","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["South San Francisco, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":150000,"max":250000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":250000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"Fine-tuning","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"PyTorch","optional":false},{"name":"PyTorch C++","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":true},{"name":"Computer Vision","optional":true},{"name":"ONNX","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-25T18:09:56Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-25","last_verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:53:28Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"About Andromeda\nAndromeda is building autonomous surgical robots designed to help surgeons perform procedures more safely, consistently, and efficiently. Our engineers work across robotics, software, hardware, machine learning, and clinical operations to bring robotic systems from concept to real-world deployment. We are a small, highly collaborative team that values ownership, curiosity, technical rigor, and the ability to move quickly from idea to execution.\nThe Role\nWe are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to work across the full stack of our surgical robotic platform: the robotics system, the ML platform, and the infrastructure that powers model training. You will build machine learning models to solve problems specific to surgical robotics, many of which do not have existing research or pre-trained solutions to start from.\nWhat You'll Do\nTrain and build machine learning models for real-world robotic applications.\nWork across the robotics stack, the ML platform, and the infrastructure for model training.\nBuild models from scratch for novel problems where prior research or pre-trained models do not apply.\nWrite clean, testable, production-quality code that integrates with the broader system.\nCollaborate closely with robotics, software, and clinical teams to bring new capabilities to the robot.\nWhat We're Looking For\nMachine Learning\nHands-on experience training machine learning models, either in graduate studies or professional work. This is a must, not something to learn on the job.\nAbility to build models from scratch for problems where existing research does not apply, rather than only fine-tuning or retraining existing models.\nAbility to scope out an ambiguous ML problem and define an approach when there is no established path to follow.\nSoftware Engineering\nAbility to write clean, maintainable, production-quality code.\nExperience writing tests and validating software behavior. Testing is a core part of how we build, not an afterthought.\nComfortable working across multiple parts of the technical stack, from robotics to ML platform to training infrastructure.\nStrong debugging and problem-solving skills.\nOwnership & Startup Mindset\nStrong ownership mindset and ability to independently drive projects forward.\nComfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.\nThe project needs to be delivered, and you do what it takes to get it there.\nWillingness to seek feedback, iterate quickly, and collaborate closely with teammates.\nNice to have\nExperience with computer vision or vision models.\nExperience deploying high-performance ML models in production (for example, converting trained models to ONNX or similar formats for C++ inference).\nExperience with C++.\nExperience with robotics or hardware-adjacent systems.\nExperience working in startup environments.\nWhy Join Andromeda?\nAt Andromeda, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a small, highly technical team tackling some of the hardest problems in robotics, software, and healthcare. Your work will directly impact products that are deployed in real clinical environments and have the potential to improve patient outcomes at scale.\nWe offer:\nCompetitive salary and equity package\nFlexible healthcare benefits through an individual coverage reimbursement program\nMonthly health and wellness stipend\n401(k) retirement plan\nVisa sponsorship available for eligible candidates\nThe opportunity to help build a category-defining company from an early stage","description_format":"text","description_chars":3488,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Surgical Instruments & Devices","Medical & Healthcare Robotics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T18:09:56Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":250000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/andromeda-surgical-machine-learning-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/andromeda-surgical-machine-learning-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T06:27:55Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4501,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":499,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}