Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception Attributes (AI)

TL;DR

Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Perception Attributes (AI): Developing and enhancing behavioral models for road users in an autonomous driving stack with an accent on perception attribute models and signal generation. Focus on bridging the gap between raw perception data and autonomous decision-making to improve vehicle safety and intelligence in urban environments.

Location: Hybrid in Foster City, CA

Salary: $242,000 - $333,000 per year (Base)

Company

hirify.global is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem for urban mobility-as-a-service.

What you will do

• Lead the development of sophisticated behavioral models for vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists.
• Create and maintain perception attribute models that generate essential signals for Prediction and Planning teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize model outputs for real-time driving decisions.
• Partner with data labeling and ontology teams to define road user attributes.
• Generate auto-labeling and data mining strategies for different attributes.

Requirements

• Must be based in or be able to work hybrid in Foster City, CA.
• MS/PhD in Computer Science or related fields with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with training and deploying Deep Learning models.
• Experience with knowledge distillation from large foundation models.
• Proficiency in production Machine Learning pipelines: dataset creation, training frameworks, and metrics pipelines.
• Fluency in Python and extensive experience with algorithm design and strong mathematics skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with VLMs, VLAs, or ViTs.
• Experience with large model distillation in a production environment.
• Familiarity with C++.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, long-term, and short-term disability, and life insurance.
• Competitive equity through Amazon RSUs and hirify.global Stock Appreciation Rights.
• Paid time off, including sick leave and vacation.
• Opportunity to work at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, and design in a fast-moving team.