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ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart Agents

California - HQ💼 Full-time💰 $193,930–$193,930🗓 2026-06-16 → 2026-07-31

Core

Building state-of-the-art machine learning models to predict the behavior of surrounding traffic and other agents for autonomous driving systems.

Role type

Senior IC ML Research Scientist (Prediction & Smart Agents)

Builds

Scalable prediction systems and smart, controllable agents for onboard deployment and closed-loop simulation.

Domain

Autonomous driving / Physical AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Generative sequence modeling, sequential decision-making, Transformer-based architectures, large generative models, diffusion models, Reinforcement Learning, Python, C++, PyTorch

Preferred skills

Embodied AI for robotics, Causal reasoning, Model interpretability, Joint prediction and planning

Technologies

PyTorch, C++, Python

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable ML-based prediction systems for multi-modal trajectories; Conduct research in generative sequence modeling and sequential decision-making; Collaborate with Planning teams to design controllable agents for RL training; Mitigate uncertainties across autonomy components; Derive practical solutions for deployment on real-world vehicles.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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