Staff AV Behavior Safety Engineering Lead
General Motors3 days ago
Base Salary
$185k - $284k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own AI and autonomous-vehicle behavior safety strategy for next-generation ADS architectures.
- Design and implement safety strategies for imitation-learning and reinforcement-learning models.
- Own the behavior-focused ADS safety case, including claims, sufficiency criteria, and recommended evidence.
- Define end-to-end AV behavior validation and AI safety methodologies with software validation, embodied AI, simulation, and safety metrics teams.
- Develop evaluation metrics, human benchmarks, safety performance indicators, ML lifecycle metrics, and safety launch targets.
- Interpret ISO/PAS 8800, ISO 21448, ISO 5083, and AVSC practices to guide safe autonomous-system development and deployment.
- Assess AV safety and reliability using simulation, closed-course, and public-road data, providing prioritized feedback to engineering teams.
- Run assurance processes to verify safety targets and launch readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in machine learning, engineering, data science, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in autonomous-vehicle or robotics development or a related field.
- Production-intent autonomous-vehicle program experience and a track record of technical safety leadership.
- Deep experience defining ODDs, behaviors, evaluation criteria, and actionable recommendations from simulation, closed-course, and public-road data.
- Experience with ML model evaluation methodologies and the ML model development lifecycle.
- Experience applying ISO/PAS 8800, ISO 5083, ISO 21448/SOTIF, and AVSC practices.
- Ability to communicate complex technical tradeoffs to executives and nontechnical stakeholders and influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
- Preferred: master’s degree and experience with large language models, generative AI, deep learning, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, Dataflow, MLflow, GitHub, and Jira.
Benefits
- Remote role; the selected candidate may work anywhere in the country of work and is not expected to report to a GM worksite unless directed by their manager.
- Travel required is less than 25%.
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, retirement savings, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, tuition assistance, employee assistance, and GM vehicle discounts.
- Eligible employees may participate in a company vehicle evaluation program after a motor vehicle report review; participants generally must purchase or lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years, subject to limited exceptions.
- Bonus potential is available through an incentive pay program.
Tech Stack
Categories
ML EngineeringRobotics
About General Motors
General Motors designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, and electric vehicles for consumers and commercial fleets under brands including Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. A public company on the NYSE headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1908, it operates globally and is developing EVs on its Ultium battery platform. Revenue comes from vehicle and parts sales, connected services such as OnStar, and financing through GM Financial.