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Staff Engineer
Remote Staff Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJul 4, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalSenior
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Staff Engineer
Requirements and responsibilities
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What You’ll Be Doing:
- Define and execute motion planning and prediction projects that improve our self-driving vehicles’ capability to safely, comfortably and legally navigate complex traffic scenarios
- Design and lead the implementation of behavior models that leverage the latest advancements in machine learning, generative AI and reinforcement learning
- Productionize and deploy solutions onto autonomous vehicle fleets
- Collaborate with perception, simulation, data platform and integration teams to validate and enhance your products’ on-road performance
- Communicate progress and challenges to leadership
What We’re Looking for:
- Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent industry experience
- Proven leadership skills at executing large, complex technical initiatives
- Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch
- Fluency in Python, including standard scientific computing libraries
- Proven track record of designing, developing and deploying ML solutions for autonomous vehicles or robotics
- Advanced knowledge of software engineering principles including software design, source control management, build processes, code reviews, testing methods
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Bonus Points:
- Experience with embedded systems and real-time optimization, especially in the autonomous driving industry
- Experience with state of the art generative AI, and/or reinforcement learning, paradigms
- Proven track record of publications in relevant conferences (CVPR, ICML, NeurIPS, ICCV, ICL, etc.)
- Strong programming skills in C++ and/or CUDA programming
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