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As a Principal AI/ML Engineer within the Embodied AI organization, you will lead the Trajectory Generation team to develop critical components for autonomous driving systems. You will be responsible for creating machine learning models that translate sensor inputs into precise vehicle motion plans, including lane changes, merges, and obstacle avoidance. Your daily work involves defining technical architectures, building scalable training pipelines using large-scale datasets and simulation environments, and overseeing the transition of research prototypes into production-ready onboard systems. The role requires expertise in robotics planning and control, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, or generative models. You will utilize Python and C++ to develop high-performance software while mentoring senior engineers. This position solves complex motion planning challenges to ensure safe, smooth, and human-like driving behavior across diverse real-world scenarios within the autonomous vehicle domain.
Remote (Sunnyvale, CA)+5176 days ago
$296,300–$453,200
Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
C++
Distributed Training
DDP
FSDP
GPU Computing
AWS
GCP
Azure
Data Processing Pipelines
Model Optimization
Profiling
Debugging
Agentic AI
Machine Learning
Large Language Models
Reinforcement Learning
Amazon SageMaker
Amazon Bedrock
Kubernetes
Distributed Systems
Experimental Design