Ask HN: What does it take to get hired into applied research without a PhD?
I’m a mid/senior software engineer (~7 YOE) trying to move into applied research in AI/robotics. No PhD
If you’ve hired for research engineer / applied scientist / robotics roles:
What differentiates a strong non-PhD candidate from "Smart SWE who likes ML"?
Which artifacts are most convincing (reproducing papers, open source contributions, working on real-world systems, conference workshop paper, etc.)?
What skill gaps usually show up in interviews?
And if you’ve made the jump, what worked for you?
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