Staff AI Engineer

General Motors (GM)

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Sunnyvale, CAAtlantaAustinDetroitWarrenMilfordMountain View
Employment
Full-time
Posted
152 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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TL;DR · Staff AI Engineer

The Staff AI Engineer - SimAI Team will build and deploy applied AI/ML solutions to support simulation workflows, internal tools, and mission-critical engineering use cases. Working across the full spectrum of innovation, the engineer will move from early exploration and rapid prototyping to shipping robust, maintainable production systems. Key responsibilities include fine-tuning, adapting, optimizing, evaluating, and shipping foundation models rather than training them from scratch. The role requires expertise in multimodal GenAI, 3D reconstruction models, and high-performance inference pipelines. Candidates must possess strong programming skills in Python and experience with libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenAI APIs, HuggingFace, and gsplat. The work involves integrating models into simulation pipelines, robotics systems, mapping workflows, and AV perception stacks, specifically addressing scene understanding and computational geometry.

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What you'll do

  • Build and deploy applied AI/ML solutions for simulation workflows and internal engineering tools.
  • Prototype and ship robust, maintainable production systems for mission-critical use cases.
  • Fine-tune, adapt, and optimize state-of-the-art multimodal GenAI and 3D reconstruction models.
  • Develop high-performance inference pipelines for production environments.
  • Integrate AI models into simulation pipelines, robotics systems, or perception stacks.
  • Implement vector search, RAG systems, and embedding pipelines.
  • Lead multi-quarter technical initiatives and define system architecture.

What we're looking for

  • Master’s degree in CS, Robotics, EE, or related fields is required; PhD is preferred.
  • 8+ years of applied ML/AI engineering experience is required.
  • 3+ years of experience delivering production AI systems at scale is required.
  • Deep knowledge of at least one modern multimodal or 3D computer vision pipeline is required.
  • Hands-on experience building AI agents and deploying machine learning models in production is required.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with libraries like PyTorch, TensorFlow, or HuggingFace are required.
  • Proven experience fine-tuning and optimizing foundation models (LLMs, VLMs, diffusion, 3D neural models) is preferred.
  • Experience integrating models into simulation pipelines, robotics systems, or AV perception stacks is preferred.

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