Applied Intuition
Machine Learning Engineer - Behavior and Planning
$150K–$260K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 29, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years building production software; experience with the end-to-end development cycle of deep learning models (duration not stated).
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
About the job
Develop and deploy machine-learning behavior prediction and planning modules for autonomous vehicles and other road users across multiple industries.
What you'll do
- Prototype, evaluate, refine, and deploy ML algorithms that generate driving trajectories.
- Build software and infrastructure foundations for behavior-specific ML development using company products.
- Collaborate with perception, planning, and research teams on models and techniques.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
- Expertise in at least one of modeling, input pipelines, evaluation, deployment, or model optimization.
- Experience with the end-to-end development cycle of deep learning models.
- 2+ years building production software using modern software practices; fluency in Python and intermediate experience in C++.
Nice to have
- Peer-reviewed research at machine learning conferences such as NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV, ECCV, IROS, or ICRA.
- Experience with driver assistance or autonomous driving systems, or evaluating and improving system-in-the-loop model performance.
Pay
$150,000 - $260,000 USD annually (base salary); $151K – $258K (compensation type not stated)
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
ML-first behavior prediction and planning, including predicting road-user trajectories, behaviors, and interactions and developing ML-based planners.
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