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Technical Lead - Prediction and Planning

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Technical Lead - Prediction and Planning in USA new

  • Applied Intuition
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical roadmap, system architecture, and execution for ML algorithms that generate driving trajectories for autonomous vehicles and other road users.
  • Drive architecture reviews and build scalable software and infrastructure foundations for behavior machine learning development.
  • Provide end-to-end system ownership and architectural direction for ML-first behavior prediction and planning.
  • Mentor engineers and collaborate with perception, planning, research, and cross-functional leadership teams.
  • Shape engineering best practices and support production autonomous-system development across passenger vehicles, trucking, and mining.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
  • Proven technical leadership experience, including leading complex projects, mentoring engineers, and influencing architectural direction.
  • Proven experience shipping production machine learning software in complex, real-world environments.
  • Expertise in at least one of modeling, input pipelines, evaluation, deployment, or model optimization.
  • Experience with the end-to-end development cycle of deep learning models.
  • At least 3 years of experience building production software using modern software practices.
  • Fluency in Python and intermediate experience with C++.
  • Preferred qualifications include peer-reviewed machine learning research, experience with driver assistance or autonomous driving systems, and experience evaluating and improving system-in-the-loop model performance.

Benefits

  • Full-time employees are expected to work primarily from an Applied Intuition office five days per week, with occasional remote-work flexibility.
  • The in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for disabled veterans and applicants with disabilities or medical conditions.

Salary: $200k - $300k/yr

Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, t...

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