Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors
Foster City, CAHybridFull-time
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Senior Staff / Principal ML Engineer leading technical development of ML algorithms for the next-generation ML Planner, setting technical direction and pioneering imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and model scaling.
About this role
The Autonomy Behaviors team is responsible for producing our vehicle’s driving trajectory. As a Principal ML Engineer, you will lead the technical development of machine learning algorithms for our next-generation ML Planner. Your impact will range from delivering innovations for immediate milestones to pioneering exploratory projects. You will collaborate closely with teams specializing in Foundation Models, Perception, Simulation, and Safety Validation, in influencing our autonomy stack. Your role will look at problems in a way that crosses team boundaries to prototype new approaches that influence the long term technical direction of multiple organizations within the company.
In this role, you will:
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C++Data And MetricsDeep LearningFoundation ModelsImitation LearningMachine Learning EngineeringModel ScalingPythonReinforcement LearningTraining Frameworks
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