Researcher Senior Researcher Autonomous Vehicle Research

Job Description

General Motors: Researcher / Senior Researcher - Autonomous Vehicle Research

Job Summary
Join General Motors cutting-edge R&D team as a Researcher or Senior Researcher in Autonomous Vehicle Research. You will be instrumental in developing and evaluating innovative solutions for the next generation of autonomous driving systems contributing to the future of transportation.

Who You Are:

As a member of the Connected Experience and Agentic Systems Research Lab you will work in an Autonomous Vehicle Research group focused on off-road autonomy. You bring deep expertise in autonomous vehicles robotics and artificial intelligence to invent develop and validate nextgeneration offroad autonomy solutions. You are a handson researcher who creates novel algorithms and software implements them on realworld test vehicles and rigorously evaluates performance through simulation and experimentation. You are motivated to publish your work through peerreviewed venues and internal technical reports contributing to GMs research leadership. You thrive in a collaborative research ecosystem actively engaging with teams across the GM enterprise universities research institutes and advanced technology laboratories to build partnerships that amplify research impact and accelerate innovation.

What You Do:

• Serve as an independent yet collaborative member of a research team advancing cuttingedge offroad autonomy solutions
• Identify key research gaps and design autonomous vehicle algorithms and software to enhance GMs offroad autonomy capabilities; effectively communicate and demonstrate results to leadership and stakeholders
• Architect develop and validate custom autonomous vehicle software frameworks to support autonomy algorithms in complex and challenging operating environments
• Develop highquality C/C and/or Python code to prototype proofofconcept systems following agile/scrum methodologies and CI/CD best practices
• Evaluate and benchmark autonomy systems and services through largescale simulation and onvehicle experimental testing
• Contribute to collaborative research programs with universities and research organizations as needed
• Generate intellectual property document and disseminate research through GM internal technical reports and peerreviewed publications
• Enable technology transition by actively engaging with GM crossfunctional engineering and product teams
• Collaborate effectively with global crossfunctional teams demonstrating strong interpersonal and technical communication skills

What You Need:

• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
• Masters degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or a closely related discipline
• Research expertise in one or more of the following areas: autonomous vehicle planning computer vision and perception core autonomous systems software intelligent transportation systems or related fields
• Strong theoretical experimental and software development skills
• Experience defining requirements conducting performance evaluations and performing system benchmarking
• Handson experience prototyping algorithms and implementing and testing them on vehicles and simulation platforms
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams

What Would Even Be Better:

• PhD in a relevant field such as vehicle motion planning reinforcement learning endtoend model architectures probabilistic inference learning systems or other artificial intelligence disciplines
• Handson experience with algorithm prototyping simulation system integration and testing including familiarity with opensource tools and platforms (e.g. CARLA Docker Git)
• Experience applying data analysis and AI/ML techniques to autonomous vehicle or robotics system

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