Staff VLA Engineer
Core
Research and build next-generation Vision-Language-Action (VLA) architectures, world models, and agentic driving systems for autonomous vehicles.
Role type
Staff VLA Engineer (Autonomous Driving AI)
Builds
Scalable multimodal foundation models, large driving models, and predictive driving intelligence systems for Hyundai's software-defined vehicles.
Domain
Autonomous driving, robotics, and foundation models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, JAX), foundation models, multimodal learning, transformer architectures, large-scale model training/fine-tuning, large-scale data pipelines, AI research paper implementation
Preferred skills
Autonomous driving research, world models, model-based reinforcement learning, VLA models, agentic AI architectures, top-tier AI/ML publications, distributed training, simulation environments (CARLA, nuPlan)
Responsibilities
Research and prototype next-generation VLA architectures; Build and experiment with world-model-based approaches for predictive driving intelligence; Research goal-driven autonomous driving agents
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with research leadership
