Machine Learning Engineer

The ePlane Company is at the forefront of India's urban air mobility revolution. Incubated at IIT Madras, we are a deep-tech startup dedicated to designing and building the world's most compact electric flying taxi. Our mission is to make door-to-door flying a reality, drastically reducing commute times and decongesting our cities for a cleaner, greener future. We're a passionate team of engineers, designers, and visionaries working on cutting-edge technology, and we're looking for brilliant minds to help us take flight.

This role builds Machine Learning tools to enable reduction of the engineering workforce’s burden by developing internal ML-based tools across the organisation. This person will develop, research, and deploy ML algorithms across different engineering disciplines

• Research, Develop, and implement machine learning based tools across LLMs, Multimodal systems, Generative AI systems
  

• Develop training pipelines, architecture, and prototyping for ML algorithms
  

• Work on productising research prototypes
  

• Conduct experiments to benchmark new techniques and evaluate model behavior
  

• Develop systematic evaluation methodology: test sets, accuracy metrics, citation quality scoring, false positive/negative analysis
  

• Deploy AI tools to engineering teams with structured pilots, baseline measurement, and documented adoption outcomes
  

• 2+ years in developing ML systems with focus on LLM-based products
  

• Proven understanding of fundamental data structures and the ability to apply them to solve complex problems.
  

• Experience with Pytorch, Tensorflow
  

• GenAI engineering including concepts relating to scaffolding, harnessing, and RAG pipelines
  

• Development experience with retrieval pipeline skills (vector databases, chunking strategies, re-ranking, citation grounding)
  

• Experience with Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
  

• Understanding and deployment of Reinforcement Learning based tools
  

• Understanding of mathematics, particularly linear algebra and probability theory
  

• Experience with distributed processing frameworks and ElasticSearch
  

• Prior knowledge of multimodal systems and VLM systems
  

• Experimentation and deployment of Local GenAI model deployment using tools like Olama
  

• Experience building multi-step agentic workflows
  

• The opportunity to work on a groundbreaking product that will redefine urban transportation.
  

• A dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative work environment with a brilliant and passionate team.
  

• Competitive salary and benefits.
  

• A culture of innovation where your ideas can directly impact the future of flight