Senior Staff / Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Autonomy Behaviors

zoox · Foster City, CA

Full-timeAutonomy SoftwareAutomotive$187,000–$253,000/yr

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The Autonomy Behaviors team is responsible for producing our vehicle’s driving trajectory. As a Principal ML Engineer, you will lead the technical development of machine learning algorithms for our next-generation ML Planner. Your impact will range from delivering innovations for immediate milestones to pioneering exploratory projects. You will collaborate closely with teams specializing in Foundation Models, Perception, Simulation, and Safety Validation, in influencing our autonomy stack. Your role will look at problems in a way that crosses team boundaries to prototype new approaches that influence the long term technical direction of multiple organizations within the company.

Salary estimate

$187,000 – $253,000/yr

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Skills for this role

Machine Learning

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