Volkswagen Group of America-posted 3 months ago
$165,000 - $210,000/Yr
Senior
Hybrid • Belmont, CA
1,001-5,000 employees
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers

The Center of Excellence within the ADMT LLC focuses on applied research and pre-development with the goal to evaluate and/or develop and transfer innovative technology from industries and research institutions into the autonomous driving domain for technology/supplier decisions and to build the strategic base for a further development of a VW Group owned vertical integrated AD-stack. This specific role has the main focus areas: To know and understand the future of AI and to derive requirements on sensor technologies and compute architectures / technologies. To develop reference processes, methods and tools need to enable, scale and industrialize MaaS/TaaS applications. To implement those and define KPI to evaluate and benchmark these enablers for autonomous driving. To conduct benchmarks and assessments. To collaborate with internal and external partners.

  • Maintains, as well as furthers, and enhances existing machine learning modules for autonomous vehicles.
  • Designs and implements new machine learning based approaches based on existing frameworks.
  • Keeps up to speed with the state of the art of academic research and technology in the industry.
  • Tests developed modules in the prototype vehicle (unit tests, integration tests, in-vehicle/field tests, etc.).
  • Analyzes and evaluates conducted tests.
  • Presents project/progress reports and presentations to top management, mentors, partners, and project affiliates.
  • Transfers technologies and solutions to ADMT GmbH, CARIAD.
  • Manages and coordinates the tech scouting process.
  • Expands research network between ADMT LLC and local entities.
  • Initiates and implements partnerships with external partners (companies, research institutions, universities) within Silicon Valley and US.
  • Transfers project outcomes to internal Volkswagen Group partners (ADMT GmbH, CARIAD).
  • Communicates regularly and influences partners in Germany.
  • Secures intellectual property.
  • 7 years post-grad professional work experience.
  • Master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
  • PhD strongly preferred.
  • Strong technical background of different machine learning algorithms.
  • Strong project management and business development skills.
  • Communication & documentation skills.
  • Problem solving skills.
  • Analytical skills.
  • Conceptual thinking skills.
  • Integration - joining people, processes or systems.
  • Excellent verbal and writing skills.
  • Detailed knowledge of autonomous driving and software technologies.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Experience with current state-of-the-art technologies such as Vision-Language Models, Neural Radiance Fields, Embodied AI, Deep Sensor Fusion, Generative AI.
  • Experience with AI/ML compute optimization techniques such as quantization, knowledge distillation, compilation, sparse computing.
  • Experience in programming concepts: Data filters/pipelines, multi-threading, programming for various types of SoC, real-time systems.
  • Experience in a regulated industries such as automotive, aerospace, medical devices etc.
  • Experience in one or more of the following technical areas: Compute architectures and technologies, Sensor technologies, Robotics.
  • Broad knowledge of full vehicle interrelationship automotive systems and interfaces between them.
  • High level of engagement and self-initiative.
  • Base salary range of $165000 - $210000, depending on education and experience.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer.
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