Zoox
Software Engineer - Learned Trajectory Machine Learning Engineer
$189K–$270K
Foster City, CA · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Nov 7, 2024
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD degree in computer science or related field
About the job
Develops deep learning models that generate driving trajectories for autonomous vehicles and evaluates their quality across safety, progress, and comfort.
What you'll do
- Develop imitation-learning and reinforcement-learning models for autonomous driving plans.
- Build metrics and tools to analyze errors and measure system improvements.
- Collaborate with Perception, Planning, and Simulation engineers on autonomous driving in complex urban environments.
What they ask for
- BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field.
- Experience training and deploying transformer-based model architectures and reinforcement learning.
- Experience with production Machine Learning pipelines, including dataset creation, training frameworks, and metrics pipelines.
- Fluency in C++ or fluency in Python with a basic understanding of C++; extensive programming and algorithm-design experience and strong mathematics skills.
Nice to have
- Conference or journal publications in Machine Learning or Robotics venues.
- Prior experience with Prediction, autonomous vehicles, or robotics.
Pay
USD 189,000–270,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary
Tools
C++, Python, transformer-based model architectures, reinforcement learning, imitation learning
AI focus
Develops deep learned models using imitation learning and reinforcement learning to generate autonomous-vehicle driving plans, and techniques to assess plan quality.
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