- Robot type
- Autonomous Vehicle
- Location
- BostonMassachusettsUSA
- Job type
- Artificial Intelligence
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Salary
- $172,000–$229,000 a year
Senior Engineer - Perception Modeling
Job description
On our Perception team, you have the opportunity to work with world-class ML engineers and research scientists, whose mission is to make self-driving vehicles a reality and to create a positive social impact. Our team works on the tech stack responsible for perceiving the dynamic scenarios, and further tracking and classifying objects around our robo-taxi. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about Level 4 autonomous driving technology, excited by intellectual challenges, and interested in pursuing career growth with a fast-growing company.
Job responsibilities
- Lead the architecture and development of advanced perception systems, focusing on, large-scale multi-modal foundation models, and robust knowledge generalization across vehicle generations
- Architect and scale synthetic data generation and sensor simulation capabilities to tackle long-tail edge cases, unseen off-log scenarios, and closed-loop evaluation
- Drive knowledge transfer from large teacher/foundation models to efficient onboard real-time perception models via advanced distillation and post-training techniques
- Productionize and deploy solutions onto autonomous vehicle fleets
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to senior and mid-level engineers on the team
Job requirements
- 3-5+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field
- Masters or Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Physics or a related field; or equivalent industry experience
- In-depth understanding of common Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms
- Experience with designing, training, and analyzing neural networks for at least one of the following applications: object detection, semantic/instance segmentation, visual classification, motion/gesture recognition,…
- Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
- Fluency in Python, including standard scientific computing libraries and Python bindings development experience
- Advanced knowledge of software engineering principles including software design, source control management, build processes, code reviews, testing methods
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
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