Staff Machine Learning Engineer

• →Define Technical Strategy & Roadmaps: Develop and execute multi-quarter, high-impact technical roadmaps for core ML systems. Proactively inform leadership to guide reprioritization, ensuring initiatives consistently drive team-wide and department-level OKRs and KPIs.
• →Architect System-Level Solutions: Own the system-level architecture for complex ML products. Design scalable frameworks for massive data mining and highly optimized, real-time inference across GPU/CPU clusters.
• →Drive Cross-Functional Execution: Lead multi-person projects to completion across teams. Influence partner teams' technical roadmaps (such as Autonomy) to solve shared problems, break down silos, and build alignment.
• →Elevate Engineering Excellence: Establish department-wide standards for ML system design, code quality, testing, and deployment. Deliver processes to proactively address issues and participate in org-wide incident response planning.
• →Operate as a Generalist Expert: Apply a broad toolkit of ML techniques (deep learning, representation learning, active learning, generative AI) to solve complex, ambiguous problems. Unblock yourself and your team when facing unprecedented technical challenges.
• →Mentor and Lead: Act as a role model and technical go-to person. Coach Senior and junior engineers, lead architectural reviews, and elevate Motional’s engineering culture through internal documentation, tech talks, and collaborative design.
  
  

• BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 8+ years of hands-on ML engineering experience, with a proven track record of owning architecture, deployment, and optimization of large-scale ML systems
• Demonstrated experience working with multimodal foundation models in ML production systems, including integration, scaling, fine-tuning, or deployment of models that process multiple data modalities (e.g., camera, LiDAR, radar, text)
• Demonstrated technical leadership: defining multi-quarter roadmaps, leading multi-person initiatives, and driving department-level technical strategy
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX), backed by strong software engineering fundamentals (system design, CI/CD, containerization)
• Broad ML generalist knowledge, with practical experience spanning model training, deep learning architectures, evaluation methodologies, and production deployment at scale
• Experience deploying ML models in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and optimizing for latency, throughput, and hardware efficiency
• Proven ability to mentor peers, explain complex trade-offs to leadership, and drive consensus across disparate teams
  
  

• MS/PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Background in autonomous driving, robotics, or complex real-time decision-making systems.
• Experience with massive-scale ML data mining, active learning loops, and contrastive/representation learning.
• Familiarity with multimodal learning, sensor fusion, or large foundation models.
• Deep knowledge of model serving tools (TF Serving, Triton, TorchServe) and enterprise MLOps platforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading org-wide severity reviews or establishing incident response planning for mission-critical ML platforms.
  
  

We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.  

Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit  www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.