CONTRACT: Sr AI Engineer

Volkswagen AG • Belmont, CA

1d • $145,000 - $195,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At the Innovation & Engineering Center California (IECC), we represent the Volkswagen Group in applied research and development. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, we create bold new ideas for the Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche brands. We’re a team of engineers, designers, scientists, and psychologists looking to develop innovations for future generations of cars, and to transfer technologies from many industries and research institutions into the automotive domain. Our mission is to drive change which means we are not only impacting one of the world’s largest car makers, but also the lives of millions of people. This role will be tasked with applying machine learning/deep learning to the automotive industry. Applications could include autonomous driving, manufacturing, material design etc. Working in our facility requires a high level of independence and an ability to deal with lots of ambiguity. In addition to assigned projects, this individual and subsequent team will be responsible for coming up with the “next big thing” that nobody has thought of as yet, building it and selling it. This position should be held by a Computer Science Engineer, or equivalent, with experience in the development of Software and Software architectures.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years related work experience or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Strong communication skills - ability to explain complex technical topics to non-experts.
• Team player with good collaboration and integration skills – joining people, processes and systems.
• Highly innovative and capable of seeing problems and potential solutions in a new light.
• Able to work in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary, time-line and target oriented work environment.
• Problem solving skills.
• Analytical skills.
• Conceptual thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

• PhD.

Responsibilities

• Maintains, as well as furthers, enhances existing machine learning modules.
• 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.
• Transfers technologies and solutions to Volkswagen Group.
• Integrates new software modules into the framework.
• Tests developed modules in the prototype (unit tests, integration tests, in-vehicle/field tests, etc.).
• Analyzes and evaluates conducted tests.
• Develops technical specifications and documentation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior