General Motors

Senior State Estimation Engineer - Localization

General Motors • $170K — $261K *
Sunnyvale, CA 94087Hybrid
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience developing and deploying advanced state estimation and/or sensor calibration systems in real-time applications.
  • Proven track record as a leader in state estimation, localization, or sensor calibration for safety-critical systems.
  • Strong proficiency in C++ and Python, with hands-on experience in development and testing tools.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of influencing technical strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Drive design, development, and deployment of state estimation solutions.
  • Lead and architect complex projects from conception to implementation, focusing on safety and scalability.
  • Innovate in vehicle motion estimation and multi-sensor self-calibration for real-time applications.
  • Mentor and provide technical leadership to elevate engineering practices.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate capabilities into autonomous vehicle systems.
  • Influence technical roadmaps aligning with company goals and product milestones.

Benefits

  • Variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts available.
  • Retirement savings plan and life insurance options offered.
  • Paid vacation, holidays, and tuition assistance programs.
  • Employee assistance program and GM vehicle discounts.
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Job Description

Description:

As a Senior State Estimation Engineer within the SEAM Embodied AI organization, you will be a senior individual contributor driving cutting-edge sensor calibration and state estimation solutions that directly impact autonomous driving performance. Your role is pivotal in designing, architecting, and deploying advanced systems for purposes including pinpointing the vehicle's location in the world, and calibrating parameters of all sensors to ensure they optimally support many other vehicle subsystems. You'll lead critical technical initiatives, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers across the organization, and significantly shape the future of onboard autonomous driving capabilities.

About the Organization:

The SEAM Embodied AI team is at the forefront of developing groundbreaking sensor fusion systems powering fully autonomous vehicles. We leverage modern approaches that are both practical and theoretically sound, supported with top quality code and rigorous testing. Our solutions enable robust state estimation for the purposes of real-time localization, static and dynamic sensor calibration, as well as onboard and offboard high-fidelity map creation at scale. Join a collaborative and innovative team redefining autonomy through state-of-the-art methodology, delivering solutions that move beyond current technological boundaries.

What You'll Do:
  • Drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced solutions for state estimation, localization, sensor calibration and more.
  • Lead and architect complex projects, from conception through validation to onboard implementation, emphasizing scalability, robustness, and safety-critical operation.
  • Drive innovation in vehicle motion estimation, determination of vehicle pose in global maps, multi-sensor self-calibration in unstructured environments, state estimation architectures, and fault tolerance strategies suited for real-time onboard deployment.
  • Provide technical mentorship and thought leadership, elevating engineering practices, and fostering innovation across teams.
  • Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary engineering groups, ensuring seamless integration of localization, sensor alignment, and other capabilities into autonomous vehicle systems.
  • Influence technical roadmaps, shaping strategic priorities aligned with company objectives and product milestones.


Your Skills & Abilities:
  • Master's or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of extensive experience developing and deploying advanced state estimation and/or sensor calibration systems, particularly in real-time onboard applications.
  • Proven track record as a technical leader and expert in state estimation, localization and/or sensor calibration, operating on a wide variety of sensor inputs to perform robustly within safety-critical systems.
  • Strong software engineering proficiency, particularly in C++ and Python, alongside extensive hands-on experience with development, integration, and testing tools.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring abilities, comfortable influencing technical strategy and guiding engineering excellence across the organization.


Bonus:
  • AV/ADAS experience is a big plus


Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the assigned office three times per week, at minimum.

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 $170,600.00 to $261,300.00. 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.


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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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