Nuro

Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Models for Behavior Modeling

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over 1 year ago
Mountain View, CA, USASenior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$202k - $303k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop scalable generative models, with emphasis on diffusion models, for autonomous vehicle behavior modeling.
  • Model distributions of future behaviors for autonomous vehicles and other road agents such as pedestrians, vehicles, and cyclists.
  • Apply generative behavior models to planning, prediction, data generation, simulation, and related autonomy tasks.
  • Research algorithms to improve generative-model performance and optimize latency, including alignment, controllability, scaling, distillation, mode recovery, and closed-loop reinforcement learning fine-tuning.
  • Collaborate across autonomy teams to identify challenges, propose and prioritize solutions, and develop holistic approaches.
  • Derive practical solutions and deploy them on the NuroBot.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience with generative models.
  • Subject matter expertise in areas such as scalable generative and diffusion models, reward/cost-model alignment, controllability, distillation, mode recovery, closed-loop reinforcement learning fine-tuning, or applications to autonomous driving and robotics.
  • Experience with video generation, text-to-image generation, image in-painting/out-painting, or related areas is also welcome.
  • Strong problem-solving and programming skills in Python and/or C++.
  • Demonstrated research publications at top conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, RSS, CoRL, or ICRA.
  • A Ph.D. is preferred.
  • Strong collaboration and team-oriented skills are expected.

Benefits

  • Annual performance bonus, equity, and competitive benefits package.
  • The role is eligible for a different pay range if considered for another level.
  • Nuro is committed to an inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.

Tech Stack

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AI ResearchML Engineering
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About Nuro

501-1,000 employees

Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to improve everyday life with autonomy. Founded in 2016, Nuro is the universal autonomy platform for the mobility ecosystem, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale—empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.

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