General Motors
Principal AI/ML Engineer
$296K–$424K
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America +1 · Remote/Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Jun 29, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Remote - United States - Education
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or related field.
About the job
Leads the team developing machine-learning trajectory-generation systems for autonomous vehicles, from technical architecture and training through onboard production deployment.
What you'll do
- Set technical vision and lead development of trajectory-generation models, architectures, and scalable training pipelines.
- Guide integration into real-time onboard systems and take solutions from research prototypes to production deployment.
- Mentor engineers and lead cross-team initiatives with data, perception, simulation, safety validation, and onboard systems teams.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
- Experience leading technical teams delivering production ML systems.
- Deep expertise in one or more of robotics planning and control, imitation learning or reinforcement learning, generative models, or large-scale machine learning systems.
- Strong software engineering skills (Python, C++, or similar) and experience deploying ML models in real-world or safety-critical environments.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous driving, robotics, or embodied AI systems; background in trajectory planning, motion planning, or behavior modeling.
- Experience with large-scale training infrastructure, distributed ML pipelines, or simulation-based training or evaluation of driving policies.
Pay
$296,300.00 to $423,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Leads ML-based trajectory generation for autonomous driving, including model development, training pipelines, simulation, and production deployment to onboard vehicle systems.
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