CareerPlan

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Perception, Simulation Realism

Mountain View (US-MTV-EMF680)Full-time$298k–$368k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10

Core

Architecting high-fidelity perception ML models and foundation models for autonomous vehicle simulation ground truth at petabyte scale.

Role type

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Perception, Simulation)

Builds

High-fidelity 3D perception models and semantic signals for AV simulation evaluation

Domain

Autonomous driving, computer vision, simulation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Foundation Models (VLMs, MMLMs), 3D perception, Transformers, Python, PyTorch/JAX, distributed systems, petabyte-scale data engineering

Preferred skills

C++, multi-modal sensor fusion, object detection, AV perception, academic publications

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, Python, Numpy, Transformers, VLMs, MMLMs

Responsibilities

Architect modular ML frameworks for semantic signal expansion; Define multi-year roadmap for signal quality and coverage; Optimize high-fidelity model inference efficiency at petabyte scale; Act as primary interface for application owners to translate simulation needs; Mentor ML perception engineers on best practices and execution