CareerPlan

Senior Machine Learning and Simulation Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$224k2026-08-29 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and optimize large-scale Reinforcement Learning (RL) training frameworks and simulation pipelines to train end-to-end autonomous vehicle models.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning and simulation engineer (autonomous vehicles)

Builds

Closed-loop RL training frameworks and simulation environments for AV foundation models

Domain

Autonomous vehicles, Reinforcement Learning, High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Reinforcement Learning algorithms (PPO, GRPO), C++, Python, GPU cluster management, HPC environments, job scheduling/orchestration (Kubernetes, SLURM), reward function design, simulation quality measurement

Preferred skills

RL infrastructure, LLM training/fine-tuning infrastructure, closed-loop evaluation of end-to-end models, large-scale data pipeline development, algorithm optimization

Technologies

NuRec, Traffic Models, Cosmos World Model, Kubernetes, SLURM

Responsibilities

Lead design and development of large-scale RL training frameworks; Design, build, and optimize simulation and data processing pipelines; Measure and enhance simulation quality and refine reward functions; Ensure reliability and performance of training workflows on large GPU clusters; Partner with researchers to integrate state-of-the-art model architectures

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC