Aurora Innovation
ML Engineer, Behavior Planning
$139K–$223K
Mountain View, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years developing state-of-the-art ML models, in research or production.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develop and deploy machine-learning models for autonomous-vehicle behavior planning, evaluation, and simulation, from research through production vehicles.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy onboard planning models trained with Imitation Learning and Reinforcement Learning; develop offboard critic models to evaluate driving behavior.
- Build foundation models and world models for the simulation engine to test autonomous driving in varied edge cases.
- Advance autonomous-driving research and deploy models on production vehicles operating on public roads.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in Robotics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years of experience developing state-of-the-art ML models in research or production.
- Hands-on experience with Imitation Learning or Reinforcement Learning applied to physical or simulated agents, and experience training large models on massive datasets using distributed computing.
- Fluency in Python; deep experience with PyTorch (preferred) or another modern ML framework; mastery of Transformers and Diffusion Models.
Nice to have
- Publications in top-tier ML conferences, production deployment experience, or experience developing generative models or neural simulators.
- Fluency in C++.
Pay
$139,000 - $223,000 USD per Year (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Transformers, Diffusion Models, C++
AI focus
Develop ML models for autonomous-vehicle planning, driving-behavior evaluation, and simulation, using imitation learning, reinforcement learning, foundation models, and world models.
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