Staff ML Engineer - Embodied AI Onboard Autonomy
General Motors1 day ago
Base Salary
$180k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy advanced onboard ML models for real-time autonomous driving inference.
- Lead machine learning projects from conception through validation and onboard implementation with emphasis on scalability, robustness, and safety-critical operation.
- Advance neural network architectures, training methodologies, and inference optimization for onboard deployment.
- Provide technical mentorship and thought leadership to ML engineers and partner teams.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering groups to integrate ML capabilities into autonomous vehicle systems.
- Influence technical roadmaps and strategic ML priorities aligned with company objectives and product milestones.
Requirements
- Master's or Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 4 years of experience working with large-scale foundation models, including LLMs, VLAs, and vision-focused models.
- Extensive experience developing and deploying advanced ML systems, especially for end-to-end real-time onboard applications.
- Proven technical expertise developing deep learning models that map sensor data to actionable outputs in safety-critical systems.
- Deep expertise in computer vision, neural architectures, representation learning, real-time inference, model optimization, and robustness under uncertainty.
- Strong software engineering proficiency in Python and C++, with hands-on experience using PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX.
- Strong communication, collaboration, mentoring, and technical strategy skills.
- AV/ADAS experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring presence at the Mountain View Technical Center in the Bay Area at least three times per week.
- The role may be eligible for relocation benefits.
- Eligible employees may participate in a company vehicle evaluation program after a successful motor vehicle report review, subject to program requirements.
- GM provides employee benefits and Total Rewards resources from day one.
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.