# Distillation Lead at Waabi

- Company: Waabi
- What the company does: Transform your supply chain with Waabi’s AI-first autonomous trucking solution. Scale freight operations, improve safety, and boost efficiency. Learn more. Backed by Khosla.
- Company website: https://waabi.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $195K to $286K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/waabi/31f542cf-0357-45b9-9d64-0792469d78e1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/waabi-distillation-lead/

## About the role

Waabi’s Physical AI platform is powered by state of the art ML models which must be deployed efficiently across diverse use-cases, from onboard vehicle inference to large-scale simulation. As the Distillation Lead, you will own the strategy and execution for distillation across Waabi's AI stack, ensuring our most capable models run efficiently in every deployment context.

## What they're looking for

- Cross-functional collaboration: You have experience working closely with infrastructure, platform, and autonomy teams to deploy compressed models under real engineering constraints
- Clear communicator: You can communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly to diverse audiences and drive alignment across research and engineering teams

Tags: Autonomy & Algorithms