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Senior Machine Learning Perception Engineer - Fallback Driving System

GM Automation - Sunnyvale - GM Automation - Sunnyvale💼 Full-time💰 $170,600–$170,600🗓 2026-08-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop and improve ML perception models for the secondary (fallback) autonomy stack of Super Cruise 3, enabling safe vehicle stops when the primary system fails using multi-modal sensor data.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning perception engineer (autonomous driving)

Builds

Secondary autonomy perception models for GM vehicles

Domain

Autonomous driving / Automotive safety

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

multi-modal sensor fusion (camera, lidar, radar), object detection, semantic/instance segmentation, multi-object tracking, motion prediction, model optimization (pruning, quantization, distillation), C++, Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow/JAX

Preferred skills

embedded deployment, ROS, safety-critical systems development, large-scale data pipeline management

Technologies

PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, C++, Python, ROS

Responsibilities

Design and train perception models for detection, segmentation, tracking, and prediction; maintain fallback perception models; define ML success metrics and drive experimentation; curate datasets and labeling strategies; implement efficient training/inference pipelines; integrate models into production systems; partner on verification and validation strategies; provide technical mentorship

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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