Senior Machine Learning Engineer, End-to-End Planning

Lucid Motors
Newark
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 158,400 - 217,800 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: phdSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Full-stack autonomy expertise","Software design","Problem-solving","Communication"]

Develop and maintain low-latency end-to-end planning algorithms for production autonomous driving, enabling safe navigation across highway, urban, and parking scenarios. Design reusable behavior and motion planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 systems, and build advanced machine learning models for data-driven driving behavior. Lead full-stack autonomy development and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy robust motion planning products in real-world closed-loop pipelines.

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Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, End-to-End Planning

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Job Summary

Develop and maintain low-latency end-to-end planning algorithms for production autonomous driving, enabling safe navigation across highway, urban, and parking scenarios. Design reusable behavior and motion planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 systems, and build advanced machine learning models for data-driven driving behavior. Lead full-stack autonomy development and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy robust motion planning products in real-world closed-loop pipelines.
Location: Newark
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and maintain high-performance, low-latency end-to-end planning algorithms for production autonomous driving across highway, urban, and parking scenarios.
  • •Design reusable, optimized behavior and motion planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 autonomous driving systems.
  • •Develop and implement advanced machine learning algorithms for data-driven driving behavior and end-to-end planning.
  • •Lead software development by applying full-stack autonomy expertise to design and deploy algorithms in closed-loop pipelines and real-world vehicle systems.
  • •Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure robust implementation and deployment of motion planning products for autonomous driving systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 158,400 - 217,800 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability InsurancePaid LeavePaid Holidays401k

Key Requirements

  • •Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field.
  • •Professional experience implementing reliable production systems involving vision-action and vision-language-action (VLA) models, generative models (diffusion or flow-matching), and autonomous driving performance metrics.
  • •Expert-level hands-on experience with Python and PyTorch.
  • •Strong understanding of state-of-the-art models and approaches in perception, prediction, and planning for autonomous driving.
  • •Strong foundation in physics, probability, and statistics.
Experience:Autonomous drivingRoboticsComputer visionMachine learning
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationFull-stack autonomy expertiseSoftware designProblem-solvingCommunication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonPyTorchC++DiffusionFlow-matchingVision-action modelsVision-language-action (VLA) modelsGenerative models

Company Brief

Lucid Motors
Designs, engineers, and manufactures luxury electric vehicles and related charging and energy solutions, focusing on high-performance, long-range EVs and advanced vehicle technology for premium consumers.
Industry: Electric Vehicles
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Newark, California, United States
Founded: 2007
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