r/MachineLearning - [D] Getting Started In Original Research, But No Support

So, this post might require a bit of backstory. So, I am a Machine Learning Engineer, working primarily in computer vision for industrial automation with strong interests in RL. I currently work at a government owned R&D organization that works in many areas, from Air Quality to Physical Metallurgy. Currently, I work for the automation lab in the engineering services portion of our organization. I have one deployed system, one more that's finished and going to be deployed in a few months, and beginning work on a third.