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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception - Autonomous Driving

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $184,000–$184,000🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Designing end-to-end perception solutions for autonomous driving, specifically focusing on traffic signal understanding (lights, signs, road markings, construction objects) without reliance on HD maps.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning engineer (perception/autonomous driving)

Builds

Perception modules for NVIDIA autonomous driving solutions

Domain

Autonomous driving / Computer Vision / Deep Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Deep learning model development, Python, C++, data-driven development, data collection and labeling strategy, data simulation and augmentation, embedded platform deployment

Preferred skills

Technical leadership, Visual Language Models, Transformers, BEV architectures, complex object detection and recognition, deep learning publications

Technologies

PyTorch, NVIDIA GPUs

Responsibilities

Design end-to-end perception solutions for traffic signal detection across diverse driving environments; develop innovative deep learning models for traffic light/sign/road marking detection; drive data collection and labeling prioritization to maximize data value; leverage data simulation for extreme scenarios; productize solutions meeting safety, latency, and robustness requirements

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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