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Staff Applied Research Scientist, Perception

San Francisco, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Jun 2024

💰 $270,000/yr($183,600/yr – $270,000/yr)

About the role

We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work.

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer in Perception that will invent pragmatic, long-term and stable software solutions to sophisticated problems. This adaptable role implements a wide spectrum of applied ML and sensor research, and model development to overcome challenges on urban roads.

What you’ll be doing:

From a research perspective, exploring, prototyping, validating, and iterating new algorithms
On the development side, driving efforts to optimize, supervise and refine on-road performance for models on the path to production
This role will support the hardware organization. Likely projects will include sensitivity studies for hardware selection as well as architecture investigations.
Champion of the highest quality in engineering, crafting solutions and not just identifying problems

What you must have:

Solid understanding of computer vision fundamentals including the development and training of ML models
Perform first principles analysis of perception models and experiments to support HW sensor development.
Be able to run and retrain Cruise perception machine learning models and evaluate model performance (PR, other metrics)
Must be able to work independently and multi-functionally between HW and perception teams.
Willing to be hands on with sensor data; has a practical understanding of experimental data and hardware versus purely theoretical.
Basic knowledge of sensing physics and awareness of different sensing modalities (lidar, cameras, radars, ultrasonic sensors, etc.).
Growing expertise with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow, Caffe, and PyTorch
Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or other relevant languages
Passionate about self-driving car technology and its impact on the world!

Bonus points!

PhD in machine learning or computer science
Research experience developing computational cameras, physics-based computer vision systems, or other research at the intersection of CV/ML and sensor development.
4+ years of industry experience in Machine Learning
Experience and growing expertise with ROS, OpenCV, Gazebo, or PCL
Track record in deploying perception algorithms into real world environments
Experience and growing expertise with autonomous driving technologies

The salary range for this position is $183,600 - $270,000. Compensation will vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. You may also be offered a bonus, long-term incentives, and benefits. These ranges are subject to change.