Uber

Senior Machine Learning Engineer - AV Labs

Uber$202K — $224K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years in ML/Robotics industry
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or related
  • Proficient in Python and Linux
  • Familiar with modern AI/ML frameworks like PyTorch
  • Experience in Autonomous Driving (preferred)
  • Track record of deploying ML models in safety-critical systems (preferred)
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Vision, Robotics, or Machine Learning (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Lead algorithm development for autonomous driving in urban environments
  • Implement end-to-end AI methods for autonomy pipelines
  • Design scalable ML systems addressing upstream sensor dependencies
  • Provide technical leadership for scalable ML solutions
  • Optimize datasets for enhanced ML tech through sensor data processing
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams for ML deployment

Benefits

  • Participation in Uber's bonus program
  • Potential equity award
  • Eligibility for 401(k) plan
  • Comprehensive benefits package (more details online)
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Senior ML Engineer, you will be at the forefront of Physical AI, developing core components of our Autonomous Driving stack. You will be responsible for the development and implementation of the latest machine learning techniques across the autonomy systems. The ideal candidate will be able to identify complex edge cases, provide robust algorithmic solutions, and set a high technical excellence bar. You will collaborate with engineers across big data, compute, and cloud engineering to build platforms that harness scale and real-world complexity to reimagine how the world moves.

What the Candidate Will Do

- Autonomous Driving Algorithm Development: Lead the development of algorithms to tackle complex urban environments, focusing on robustness and safety.
- End-to-End AI Implementation: Implement end-to-end AI-driven state-of-the-art methods for autonomy pipelines, leveraging massive-scale real-world data.
- Systems Architecture Design: Architect scalable ML systems, including management of upstream sensor dependencies.
- Technical Leadership: Partner with fellow engineers to architect, design, and build scalable solutions for ML technology that can stand the test of scale and availability.
- Dataset Optimization: Deliver high-quality datasets to accelerate ML technologies through advanced sensor data collection, processing, and auto-labeling.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with platform, product, and security engineering teams to enable the successful deployment of the latest machine learning techniques into production.

Basic Qualifications

- 4+ years of working experience in the ML/Robotics industry.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
- Proficient in Python and Linux environments.
- Familiar with modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch).

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in the Autonomous Driving domain.
- Proven track record of deploying ML models in safety-critical physical systems.
- Master's or PhD degree in Computer Vision, Robotics, or Machine Learning.
- Familiarity with C++ and high-performance computing.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits](https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits).

About Uber

Uber Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held video game development company headquartered in beautiful downtown Kirkland, WA. Uber is currently developing Planetary Annihilation, a next generation real time strategy game of epic proportions.

Uber Careers

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29,300 employees
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$48.6 billion
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Net Income
-$6.7 billion
Founded
2009
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+35.3%
Revenue
$11.1 billion
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