AI Safety Scientist for Autonomous Driving

Bosch USA; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health coverage

401(k) with generous matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life and disability protection

Job summary

Bosch USA in California is seeking a world-class PhD researcher to lead AI safety and alignment initiatives for autonomous systems and ADAS. You will advance foundation models, simulate driving edge cases, and collaborate across R&D teams to translate research into production platforms.

You will publish at NeurIPS, CVPR, ICLR, and ICRA while guiding strategy and contributing to patent development. The role offers a competitive base salary with bonuses and strong benefits.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in a relevant quantitative field.
• 3+ years of dedicated research experience focusing on world models, generative dynamics, self-supervised learning, or physical reasoning for autonomous systems.
• 2+ years of industrial R&D experience deploying large-scale ML models and safety-critical algorithms.
• Hands-on engineering proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks (PyTorch or JAX).

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic research and engineering initiatives in AI safety, alignment, and model reliability with direct application to ADAS feature releases and autonomous systems.
• Advance generative world models, simulation frameworks, and physical reasoning techniques to evaluate complex driving edge cases and validate system behavior.
• Collaborate with global R&D teams to transfer safety frameworks and machine learning algorithms into production pipelines.
• Implement rigorous safety validation, out-of-distribution detection, failure mode analysis, and uncertainty estimation methods.
• Monitor developments in foundation models and safety alignment, presenting at top-tier conferences and publishing high-impact research.
• Provide expert technical counsel to senior leadership to guide R&D roadmaps, investments, and patent growth.

Skills

Python

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science / ML / Robotics / AI

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Bosch USA in California is seeking a world-class PhD researcher to lead AI safety and alignment initiatives for autonomous systems and ADAS. You will advance foundation models, simulate driving edge cases, and collaborate across R&D teams to translate research into production platforms.

You will publish at NeurIPS, CVPR, ICLR, and ICRA while guiding strategy and contributing to patent development. The role offers a competitive base salary with bonuses and strong benefits.