Autodesk
Senior Machine Learning Test Engineer United Kingdom
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Job Requisition ID #
26WD98891
Position Overview
As a Senior Machine Learning QA Engineer in the Research Enablement team, you will work side-by-side with researchers, Machine Learning Engineers and software engineers to define and uphold quality standards for ML systems. You are a quality-focused engineer who is passionate about reliable, repeatable evaluation of ML models and data. Your skills span test strategy, automation, and a little MLOps, with a strong software engineering base. You are excited to collaborate across research and product to ship ML capabilities with clear quality gates. You are comfortable working at the intersection of research and product and are competent in using Autodesk CAD software.
Reporting Structure: You will report to an Engineering Manager in Research Enablement.
Location: United Kingdom We are a global team, located in London, San Francisco, Toronto, and remotely. Autodesk is a hybrid-first company, allowing workers to work remotely, in an office, or a mix of both.
Responsibilities
Define ML quality strategy and acceptance criteria across data, model, and system levels Design and maintain model evaluation suites, metrics, and test datasets Evaluating CAD RL model outputs for geometric validity or policy stability Defining structured rubrics that translate qualitative findings into measurable evaluation gates Testing ML Models from product side API Testing Automate ML QA workflows using Python and CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) Create and maintain test harnesses for ML services and APIs Mentor teams on ML QA best practices and consistent evaluation standards Build quality gates for training and deployment pipelines (e.g., regression checks, drift detection) Contribute to multi-team projects and codebases, ensuring code quality and consistency Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers Document and present findings and ideas across the company
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Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience 7+ years of professional experience in software engineering or QA for ML/AI systems Strong programming skills in Python, with experience in test automation Familiarity with popular CAD environments tooling Proficient in Automation and UAT test suite/framework Experience designing QA frameworks or platforms used by multiple teams Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail Strong communication and collaboration skills Understanding of software architecture and design patterns Ability to work in an agile development environment
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with data validation tooling (e.g., Great Expectations) or labeling workflows Familiarity with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) Experience with CI/CD tools and processes Experience with data pipelines and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Metaflow) Familiarity with MLOps practices (model monitoring, drift, deployment checks) Experience with ML evaluation methods, metrics, and benchmarking Passion for learning new technologies and improving existing systems Experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) Experience testing ML services in production environments Knowledge of experiment tracking tools (e.g., Comet, MLflow, Weights & Biases)
The Ideal Candidate
You demonstrate initiative to provide solutions and to learn and develop new technologies Comfortable building QA systems from scratch and writing maintainable automation You enjoy learning and collaborating across global locations You are comfortable working in newly forming ambiguous areas You are comfortable building scalable and maintainable systems that will be relied on by others You can communicate well with others
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