Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Mapping

Zoox•Foster City, CA

4d•$277,000 - $333,000

About The Position

High-definition 3D maps are critical for enabling fully autonomous driving. We are looking for highly motivated individuals who enjoy solving challenging real-world problems and leading projects. You will act as a technical lead on the 3D Mapping team, a diverse set of engineers who are working together to build large-scale HD mapping algorithms, processes, and pipelines. Your technical leadership will be critical as the team rapidly scales the rate at which we map new cities and the rate at which we update maps. In this role, you will:

Requirements

MS or PhD or equivalent experience (5+ years) in Computer Science or related field
Experience in computer vision or robotics
Experience with training and deploying deep learning models
Proficiency in Python and/or C++
Experience leading cross-functional projects

Nice To Haves

Experience with high definition (HD) maps
Experience with 3D computer vision, 3D reconstruction, or SLAM
Experience with geospatial data and coordinate systems

Responsibilities

Design and develop novel algorithms and ML models for 2D/3D machine perception and mapping in real-world environments
Contribute to large-scale, automated mapping pipelines
Be a technical leader on the team, maintaining coding and ML development best practices and making architectural decisions
Help to set the vision for the team and build out technical roadmaps
Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and collaborate with engineers from Mapping, Perception, Planner, Simulation, Data Science, and more
Drive the use of metrics and tools to guide development, validate algorithms, and measure progress