Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Autonomous Driving & ...

Job Summary: Lucid Motors is leading the future in luxury electric vehicles and is seeking a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Autonomous Driving & Parking. The role involves designing and developing cutting-edge machine learning architectures for autonomous driving, leading software development initiatives, and collaborating cross-functionally to implement autonomous features. Responsibilities: • Design, develop, and evaluate cutting-edge machine learning architectures for autonomous driving, focusing on actor prediction, behavior modeling, and motion planning. • Lead software development initiatives by applying deep learning architecture expertise to deploy robust planning systems in real-world environments. • Lead the design for reusable, high-performance, low-latency and high-reliability behavior and motion planning software architectures for Level 2/3/4 autonomous driving and parking systems. • Conduct research into state-of-the-art ML planning and prediction techniques and bring these innovations into production systems. • Stay current with academic and industry advancements in planning and prediction, integrating promising methodologies into Lucid’s ADAS stack. • Write high-quality, automotive-grade software compliant with industry standards for safety and quality. • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure seamless implementation and deployment of autonomous driving and parking features. Qualifications: Required: • Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field • Expert-level proficiency in Python and ML libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow • Solid understanding of state-of-the-art ML techniques and DL architectures (e.g. transformers), and their application to ADAS perception and planning stacks • Proven experience building reliable production systems with large-scale architecture, evaluation pipelines, scalable and efficient deep learning models, and performance metrics • Proficiency in C++ and strong hands-on experience with software engineering design principles • Background in at least one of the following is a must: perception, prediction or planning in ADAS, environment modeling, autonomous vehicles or robotic applications Preferred: • 3+ years of experience in ML development, particularly in large-scale data and real-time systems • Experience working with foundational models, large language models (LLMs), or end-to-end AV planning systems • Experience porting ML models to embedded platforms, with strong C++ fundamentals Company: Lucid Motors is an automotive company that specializes in electric cars. Founded in 2007, the company is headquartered in Newark, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.

Created: 2026-03-07