What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Perception Systems position at Jobright.ai?
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Job Summary:
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company focused on building the Waymo Driver to improve access to mobility and enhance safety on the roads. They are seeking a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer to provide technical leadership on sensor integration and develop foundational systems for the Perception ML software stack.
Responsibilities:
• Provide technical leadership on the efficacy and efficiency of the core hardware abstraction layer and sensor integration.
• Collaborate closely with hardware and Perception teams to design, set the roadmap, and implement the foundational system that underpins Perception ML software stack.
• Work on and design end-to-end data flow and processing pipelines from sensors to the perception outputs, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Solve large-scale data challenges related to sensor integration, calibration, and data consistency across diverse hardware configurations.
• Drive and accelerate collaborations between Perception, hardware teams at Waymo, and other Alphabet collaborators.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8 years of experience in ML related software development
• 6 years of experience in production systems involving sensor integration, data processing, or real-time perception.
• 4 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading technical teams and setting technical directions
• 3 years of experience with hardware-software interaction, sensor integration, or general robotics systems.
• Passion to drive engineering excellence and efficient model development through flywheel automation, while having direct technical experience in model quality development to achieve business goals
Preferred:
• Experience in robotics, autonomous systems, or related automotive industries.
• Experience with various sensor modalities (e.g., LiDAR, radar, cameras) and their unique challenges.
• Experience in model techniques and infrastructure
• Familiarity with vision-based models and their development challenges
Company:
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Waymo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
