Top Machine Learning Jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA

Leads development, deployment, and scaling of AI and machine learning solutions across business units. Drives generative AI and LLM innovation, collaborates with cross-functional and global data science teams, and supports integration of AI tools across platforms. The role requires hands-on technical contribution, strategic leadership, experimentation, stakeholder communication, and adoption of best practices in data science and AI transformation.

Leads AI-enabled Finance transformation initiatives from roadmap development through implementation and adoption. The role analyzes Finance processes, identifies automation opportunities, documents requirements, coordinates cross-functional Technology and Finance teams, manages change and training, tracks ROI and KPIs, and supports governance, compliance, SOX controls, and system integration across enterprise applications.

Lead NVIDIA’s AI for Quantum product strategy, roadmap, and go-to-market initiatives. Translate AI and quantum research into scalable platforms, developer tools, APIs, libraries, and workflows. Partner with researchers, engineers, quantum hardware companies, institutions, and developers to identify applications across quantum design, control, calibration, error correction, and algorithms. Evangelize the platform through technical communications, identify new AI, HPC, and quantum opportunities, and present product strategy to executives.

Develop HPC and AI software workflows for experimental data processing, imaging, plasma, high-energy physics, and materials simulations. Profile applications, benchmark performance, identify bottlenecks, and advise collaborators and product teams. Build tutorial examples, translate research into software tools, and represent NVIDIA at scientific conferences and industry events.

Lead partner marketing with consulting and systems integrators to drive joint GTM plans, co-marketing programs, repeatable partner collateral, customer stories, partner communications, and measurable pipeline growth.

Lead a team of safety engineers to define and execute AV safety strategy across development, simulation, testing, and deployment. Apply UL4600/ISO standards, develop safety cases, set safety metrics (SPI), manage safety plans and artifacts, train engineers, and coordinate with partners and stakeholders to validate ML models and ADS integration for safe public-road operation.

Designs statistical analysis plans and validates machine learning models using rigorous performance, calibration, uncertainty, subgroup, fairness, and longitudinal analyses. Applies biostatistical methods to healthcare data, documents assumptions and limitations for auditability and regulatory readiness, and translates complex findings into clinically meaningful insights. Collaborates with engineering, machine learning, data, clinical, and product teams.

Manage privacy-by-design initiatives, including privacy impact assessments and machine learning privacy reviews. Partner with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Legal, and Security teams to document data flows, identify risks, define safeguards, and complete privacy approvals. Track multiple workstreams, manage documentation, monitor compliance and operational risks, report to stakeholders, and coordinate privacy incident triage. The role requires strong knowledge of global data protection laws, program management, technical communication, and cross-functional influence.

Leads technical strategy and product adoption for major Retail and CPG enterprise accounts as Databricks’ primary technical voice. Partners with account executives, guides customers through data and AI transformations, builds technical champions, aligns solutions to business strategies, and mentors team members. Requires extensive pre-sales, big data, cloud, data science, programming, and production data systems experience.

Designs and deploys AI/ML solutions from prototype through production for government clients. Responsibilities include generative AI using LLMs and RAG, intelligent classification, agentic frameworks, AI coding tools, legacy-system integration, and automated reporting. The role also establishes AI/ML roadmaps, scales adoption, communicates technical concepts to stakeholders, and mentors data scientists.

Early-to-mid career Product Manager to translate customer needs into product requirements for AI-driven scientific SaaS. Work cross-functionally with engineering, AI/ML, solutions, and commercial teams to prioritize backlog, run discovery, support launches, gather customer feedback, and define product metrics for customers in chemistry, manufacturing, and energy.

Lead product marketing for PolyAI's voice assistant products: define messaging and positioning, drive go-to-market strategy and enablement, build competitive intelligence, develop personas and sales collateral, run customer and market research, support revenue enablement, scale and lead the product marketing team, and act as an external spokesperson.

Sell ExtraHops network security analytics to U.S. Federal/Department of War customers by developing territory accounts, engaging senior federal decision-makers, driving new business and renewals, coordinating with resellers and engineers, delivering tailored demos, and executing strategic account plans to meet revenue targets.

Identify and validate AI opportunities across IT operations and cybersecurity, including service management, threat detection, infrastructure monitoring, identity access, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management. Translate operational challenges into structured use cases, assess business value and risk, document data and integration requirements, promote responsible AI, facilitate stakeholder workshops, build internal champions, and monitor emerging AI capabilities while supporting security compliance and change management.

This role leads the ML Acceleration team, focusing on enhancing ML model training efficiency and team management, while driving technical strategy and collaboration.

Owns CareSource’s EDI platform vision, roadmap, backlog, and delivery. Translates healthcare, regulatory, and integration requirements into technical specifications; partners with engineering, architecture, QA, DevOps, trading partners, and business teams; coordinates releases and Agile delivery; monitors transaction performance, defects, SLAs, and platform telemetry; drives data quality, observability, automation, compliance, documentation, and continuous improvement across EDI capabilities.

Designs, integrates, tests, maintains, and upgrades complex IT systems across hardware, software, and security domains. The role validates system compliance, diagnoses issues, recommends improvements, and supports secure, reliable mission-critical environments. Responsibilities also include working with unstructured data using open-source tools, cloud computing, machine learning, and data visualization technologies, while collaborating with cybersecurity teams.

Leads the See & Scout engineering organization across software, data, machine learning, and robotics. Owns technical strategy, architecture, and multi-year roadmaps for scalable cloud, distributed data, edge, and machine learning platforms. Oversees the full data and ML lifecycle, production delivery, operational excellence, and customer-focused agricultural intelligence capabilities. Recruits and develops engineering leaders, partners cross-functionally, and aligns stakeholders across Blue River and John Deere.

Build and lead Nebius’s federal affairs function in Washington, D.C. Develop policy strategy across AI regulation, trade, energy, infrastructure, and national security; establish bipartisan relationships with Congress and executive agencies; represent the company in federal initiatives and coalitions; assess regulatory risks; coordinate with legal, communications, and infrastructure teams; manage outside lobbying partners; and hire staff as the function scales.

Design, build, and ship production AI agents integrated end-to-end into a TypeScript/Node.js/React stack. Apply ML judgment to product decisions, improve agent reliability and evaluations, and move quickly in a startup environment owning ambiguous problems.

Lead enterprise AI security architecture, strategy, governance, and secure-by-design implementation across cloud, hybrid infrastructure, software, and AI/ML environments. Design security patterns for LLM hosting, agentic systems, vector databases, and inference endpoints; translate regulatory requirements into technical standards; review complex architectures; implement AI security guardrails and policy enforcement; advise engineering and product teams; and mentor teams while influencing senior stakeholders.

Develop and test AI software using large datasets, algorithms, and statistical analysis for industrial applications. Collaborate with machine learning and data engineers to build integrated AI/ML solutions, evaluate performance, monitor industry trends and regulations, and present progress to leadership and stakeholders. The internship offers hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to practical AI innovation.

Develop and test AI software for industrial applications using Python, JavaScript, and C++. Evaluate data, statistics, and algorithms; collaborate with machine learning and data engineers; support end-to-end AI/ML integration; monitor industry trends and regulations; and present progress to leadership and stakeholders.

Lead research, architecture, and production deployment of large-scale algorithms for budget pacing, bid optimization, and marketplace balancing in Yahoo’s DSP. Apply control theory, optimization, and machine learning to real-time systems, while establishing AI-augmented research and engineering workflows. Own multi-quarter initiatives, define evaluation frameworks, guide technical strategy, collaborate with product and engineering leadership, mentor scientists and engineers, and communicate complex research and architectural decisions to executives.

Lead the definition and evolution of cybersecurity technology platform and service offerings for cyber defenders and CISOs. Drive requirements through software and service lifecycles, deliver differentiated offerings to market, and guide cross-functional teams toward consistent, high-quality execution. The role requires deep expertise in at least two cybersecurity domains, managed services experience, strong communication skills, executive presentation ability, and awareness of AI’s impact on cyber defense.