General Motors

Principal Machine Learning Scientist - Trajectory Generation

General Motors • $269K — $412K *
Mountain View, CA 94040Hybrid
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science focusing on Robotics or Machine Learning.
  • Experience with large-scale Foundation Models and alignment methods
  • Experience delivering applied research under tight deadlines.
  • Proficient in PyTorch and Python language.
  • Experience building and scaling model training pipelines for distributed teams.
  • Strong data processing skills with tools like Numpy, Pandas, and Apache Spark.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaboration with diverse teams.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement technologies aligning ML models to GM's mission.
  • Apply RL and selection techniques to enhance model performance and reliability.
  • Collaborate with teams to integrate Robotics foundation models for autonomous driving.
  • Research and stay updated on AI framework advancements.
  • Lead projects from ideation to deployment, documenting processes and lessons learned.
  • Mentor junior team members and foster a culture of knowledge sharing.

Benefits

  • Diverse health and wellbeing programs including medical, dental, and vision plans.
  • Retirement savings plan and life insurance coverage.
  • Paid vacation and holidays offered.
  • Tuition assistance programs available for professional development.
  • GM vehicle discounts for employees.
  • Potential eligibility for relocation benefits and a company vehicle evaluation program.
Full Job Description
Role:

As a Principal Technical Lead in Trajectory Generation within the Embodied AI organization, you will be a senior individual contributor driving cutting-edge end-to-end machine learning solutions directly impacting autonomous driving performance. Your role is pivotal in designing, architecting, and deploying advanced ML models to reliably and safely navigate diverse real-world scenarios and conditions. You'll lead critical technical initiatives, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor ML engineers, and significantly shape the future of onboard ML capabilities.

What You'll Do:

  • Design and implement technologies that align our models to GM's mission.
  • Apply techniques such as RL, guidance, and selection to raise the performance of our models and provide a layer safety and reliability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate & align distillation recipes of Robotics foundation models for onboard driving models.
  • Conduct research and stay updated on the latest advancements in AI frameworks and libraries.
  • Lead projects from ideation to deployment, documenting learnings and best practices along the way.
  • Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.


Your Skills & Abilities:

  • Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science with a focus in Robotics and or Machine Learning, or a related field.
  • Proven experience working with large-scale Foundation Models and alignment methods to translate research into real-world impact.
  • Proven experience delivering applied research in the wild and maintaining best practices while working on tight deadlines.
  • Proficiency in frameworks such as PyTorch and languages such as python.
  • Proven experience in building and scaling large model training pipelines that are performant and enable quick iteration by distributed teams.
  • Strong data processing skills using tools like Numpy, Pandas, and Apache Spark.
  • Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders.
  • Experience deploying foundation models into production environments and understanding the end-to-end process.
  • Previous experience in Robotics or Autonomous Driving.


Compensation:

The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of the California Bay Area.

  • The salary range for this role is $ 269,400.00 to $412,600.00. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.


  • Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.


Benefits:

  • Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.


This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Company Vehicle: Upon successful completion of a motor vehicle report review, you will be eligible to participate in a company vehicle evaluation program, through which you will be assigned a General Motors vehicle to drive and evaluate. Note: program participants are required to purchase/lease a qualifying GM vehicle every four years unless one of a limited number of exceptions applies.

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Size
157,000 employees
Market Cap
$46.9 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.4 billion
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
-3.2%
Revenue
$122.4 billion
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