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June 24, 2026
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Senior • Hybrid
Las Vegas, NV
Mission Summary
At Motional, we're transforming how autonomous vehicles discover critical intelligence hidden within petabytes of multimodal sensor data. Our next-generation autonomous driving stack depends on finding rare edge cases, long-tail scenarios, and model errors. Omnitag, our ML-powered multimodal data mining framework, powers this discovery.
As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will define the roadmap and architecture for machine learning systems that power data discovery and model improvement lifecycles. You will architect scalable systems spanning multimodal representation learning, active learning loops, and optimized production inference. You will own system-level architecture, lead multi-quarter initiatives, and partner across engineering teams to influence technical strategy and ensure ML platforms serve as a mission-critical engine for the autonomy stack.
What You'll Do
- Define Technical Strategy & Roadmaps: Develop and execute multi-quarter technical roadmaps for core ML systems; guide reprioritization to drive OKRs and KPIs.
- Architect System-Level Solutions: Own system-level architecture for complex ML products; design scalable frameworks for large-scale data mining and real-time inference across GPU/CPU clusters.
- Drive Cross-Functional Execution: Lead multi-person projects across teams; influence partner teams' roadmaps and build alignment.
- Elevate Engineering Excellence: Establish standards for ML system design, code quality, testing, and deployment; participate in incident response planning.
- Operate as a Generalist Expert: Apply deep learning, representation learning, active learning, and generative AI to complex challenges.
- Mentor and Lead: Coach engineers, lead architectural reviews, and contribute to engineering culture.
What We're Looking For (Must-Haves)
- BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of hands-on ML engineering experience
- Ownership of architecture, deployment, and optimization of large-scale ML systems
- Experience with multimodal foundation models in production systems
- Technical leadership across multi-quarter initiatives
- Expert proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals (system design, CI/CD, containerization)
- Broad ML expertise across training, architectures, evaluation, and production deployment
- Experience deploying ML models in AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Ability to mentor peers and drive cross-team consensus
Bonus Points
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
- Background in autonomous driving, robotics, or real-time decision systems
- Experience with large-scale ML data mining and active learning loops
- Familiarity with multimodal learning and sensor fusion
- Experience with model serving tools (TF Serving, Triton, TorchServe) and enterprise MLOps platforms
- Experience leading incident response planning for mission-critical ML platforms
Benefits
- Hybrid or fully remote work options
- Base salary range: $205,000—$272,500 USD
- Eligibility for bonus or company equity
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- 401k with company match
- Health savings accounts
- Life insurance
- Pet insurance
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