Senior Machine Learning Engineer ML Agents and Planning
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Job Location:
Foster, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Offline Driving Intelligence team is responsible for developing Foundation Models for ML Agents and planning applying them off-vehicle to provide generalization capabilities to simulation and validation. Our team collaborates closely with the Planner Simulation and Validation teams to develop and validate our driving performance. As an ML Agents and Planning Machine Learning Engineer you will work on the bleeding edge of the industry developing novel machine learning pipelines and models to predict the behavior of other agents in the world and planning the best course of action for the ego vehicle.
In this role you will...
- You will develop new deep learning models that use imitation learning and reinforcement learning to generate driving plans for human-like agents.
- You will work on novel techniques to estimate the quality of those driving plans along the dimensions of safety progress comfort and realism.
- You will contribute to our large-scale machine learning infrastructure to discover new solutions and push the boundaries of the field
- You will develop metrics and tools to analyze errors and understand improvements of our systems
- You will collaborate with engineers on Perception PlanningSimulation and Validation to solve the overall Autonomous Driving problem.
Qualifications
- PhD degree in computer science or related field 1y of professional experience (top tier publications can remove the need for the year of experience) or MSc 5y of professional experience in a relevant field.
- Experience in Planning and / or Prediction using Reinforcement Learning techniques
- Experience with training and deploying transformer-based model architectures
- Experience with production Machine Learning pipelines: dataset creation training frameworks metrics pipelines
- Fluency in Python with a basic understanding of C
Bonus Qualifications
- Top tier publications (NeurIPS ICML CVPR)
$242000 - $290000 a year
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling as well as positioning within a level is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant years of experience domain knowledge and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave vacation bereavement) unpaid time off Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights Amazon RSUs health insurance long-term care insurance long-term and short-term disability insurance and life insurance.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
