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Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle
Location
Foster CityCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Sep 14, 2026
Salary
$237,000–$338,000 a year
Full-time

Manager - Model Evaluation

Job description

As the Manager of Model Validation & Verification (VnV) for Behavior Autonomy, you will lead an engineering and data science team responsible for evaluating, benchmarking, and validating the machine learning models and behavioral algorithms that drive our autonomous vehicle (AV) prediction and planning stacks.

You will own the statistical frameworks, offline/online evaluation metrics, and validation pipelines that ensure our behavioral models operate safely, comfortably, and predictably. Operating at the intersection of Data Science, Machine Learning, and Safety Engineering, you will partner closely with Autonomy Software, Prediction, Planner, and ML Operations teams to establish data…

Job responsibilities

  • Team Leadership & Execution: Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of Data Scientists, ML Validation Engineers, and Software Engineers while driving roadmaps, sprint execution, resource allocation, and…
  • Validation Strategy & Methodologies: Define and execute end-to-end validation strategies across offline evaluation, open/closed-loop simulation, and shadow-mode fleet benchmarking to ensure robust behavioral model…
  • Metrics, Release Gating & Rigor: Oversee metric development and standardization with System Safety and Autonomy teams, establishing quantitative go/no-go release criteria for Behavioral Planner and Prediction ML models…
  • Cross-Functional & Infrastructure Partnership: Partner closely with Planner, Prediction, MLOps, and Developer Efficiency teams to translate behavioral requirements into measurable validation targets, streamline dataset…
  • Executive Communication & Decision-Making: Translate complex model performance trade-offs, statistical uncertainty, regressions, and safety risks into clear, data-driven recommendations for release decisions and…

Job requirements

  • Experience: Masters or PhD in CS, Robotics, Applied Statistics or a related field and 3+ years of direct engineering management experience leading Data Science, Machine Learning, or V&V engineering teams, alongside 7+…
  • Domain Knowledge: Strong background in ML model validation, behavioral evaluation frameworks, system-level performance benchmarking, and statistics.
  • Software & Systems Literacy: Strong technical foundation in Python and modern data/ML platforms, with exposure to or conceptual literacy in large-scale production codebases (C++ or distributed systems).
  • Technical Depth: Proven familiarity with modern C++/Python ML environments, simulation frameworks, high-throughput ML evaluation pipelines.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to navigate complex organizational trade offs between release velocity, compute cost, and safety rigor.
  • Experience with autonomous vehicles, robotics, or other safety-critical systems.
  • Experience building large-scale simulation, model evaluation, or validation infrastructure.
  • Experience with reinforcement learning, generative AI, or distributed ML systems.
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