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# Machine Learning Engineer

- **Company:** Understanding Recruitment
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Infrastructure, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Robotic Automation Software, Deep Learning, Build Tools
- **Published:** August 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.understandingrecruitment.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-9172/

## About the Role

* Strong Python and deep learning experience
 * Excellent understanding of optimisation and model performance
 * A mathematical approach to solving complex problems
 * Curiosity, ambition and the ability to thrive in an early-stage environment

## Description

Machine Learning Engineer

Build the models that power the next generation of intelligent robots.

If you're excited by the idea of training models that interact with the physical world-not just language-you'll be joining one of the UK's most ambitious AI startups at an incredibly early stage. You'll help build the training systems, evaluation pipelines and data infrastructure that allow robots to learn faster with every iteration. Based on the uploaded job specification.

What's in it for you?

 * Founding engineering opportunity with meaningful equity
 * Train cutting-edge vision-language-action and world models
 * Work directly with real robotic hardware
 * Build systems that move from research into production quickly
 * Shape the future of Physical AI alongside an exceptional founding team

What you'll be doing

 * Training and fine-tuning large-scale machine learning models
 * Building high-performance training and evaluation pipelines
 * Improving data quality and experimentation workflows
 * Optimising model performance and iteration speed
 * Testing models on real robotic systems and feeding results back into development

What you'll bring

 * Experience training production machine learning models
 * Strong Python and deep learning experience
 * Excellent understanding of optimisation and model performance
 * A mathematical approach to solving complex problems
 * Curiosity, ambition and the ability to thrive in an early-stage environment


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